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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Ahmed Mohammed, $30 hot dog vendor at Ground Zero, could face $1,500 in fines
2015-05-23
[WASHINGTONTIMES] A New York City hot dog vendor caught on camera selling $30 hot dogs outside the World Trade Center could reportedly face up to $1,500 in fines after police handed him three summonses on Wednesday.

Ahmed Mohammed was ticketed for being too close to a crosswalk, having items outside his cart and failure to list prices, police sources told the New York Post. Food vending fines generally range from $200 to $500 per ticket, the Post reported.

"What? A $30 hot dog?! We paid him a visit. 3 ECB summonses. #PostYourPrices #WeWillBeBack," the NYPD 1st Precinct tweeted Wednesday.
How much was the mustard?
It was because of Mr. Mohammed's failure to display his prices that allowed him to charge whatever he wanted, resulting in angry customers handing over as much as $20 and $30 for what's meant to be a cheap snack for pedestrians on the go.

"Thanks for paying him a visit and issuing 3 summonses," Jessica Lappin of the Alliance for Downtown tweeted at the NYPD on Thursday.

Ms. Lappin learned about Mr. Mohammed last week after fights started to break out in the street over his prices, a local NBC affiliate reported.

NBC cameras recently camped out at the vendor's stand and captured the price of a hot dog changing by the minute: $3 for some, $30 for others. When confronted by NBC, Mr. Mohammed claimed he didn't speak English, despite video evidence that he speaks and understands English just fine.

On Thursday, his boss, Abdelalim Abdelbaky, told the Post that Mr. Mohammed was fired for pocketing hundreds of dollars he made from overcharging customers.

"I fired him over it yesterday after I watched the news," Mr. Abdelbaky said. "He told me he charged the people $2 a hot dog. He lied to me."
Posted by:Fred

#5  Was he forcing them to pay the $30 for a hot dog? I think all of his customers could simply walk away from the deal.

If not then what is the problem? If the idiots are stupid enough to pay $30 for a hotdog then it's their business.

We have got to stop protecting stupidity.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2015-05-23 23:45  

#4  "...despite video evidence that he speaks and understands English just fine."

Yeah, we're gonna see more and more of this as time goes on.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2015-05-23 20:10  

#3  Make him eat one of his non-pork hot dogs.
Posted by: irishrageboy   2015-05-23 18:04  

#2  Arrest the idiots that paid $30 as well.
Posted by: Airandee   2015-05-23 12:19  

#1  Wasting police resources on this? Stupid. Publicity put him out, and that's all that was needed.
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-05-23 11:54  

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