He set a new bar for cheating passengers.
A crooked cabby charged a stunning 600 passengers for phantom tolls for rides within Manhattan in just a six-week span last year — and has been barred from city roads for good.
Emad Nochy Wanass, of Queens, lost his TLC privileges forever on Aug. 30 when a city administrative law judge revoked his for-hire license due to his lack of “good moral character.”
He didn’t even bother to show up for the hearing.
Wanass cheated 70 percent of his total 842 customers for tolls on phantom bridges and tunnels while he was a yellow-cab driver.
He collected $1,800 in bogus overcharges between July 13 and Aug. 26, 2012 — which his lawyer lamely claimed was the fault of defective meters.
Wanass has offered little else in his own defense.
“It’s the worst job in the city,” Wanass told The Post last year before shredding his cab license in front of a reporter. Toll scammers are the reason TVs in cabs now have a warning system to protect passengers. If a cabby adds a toll charge, the television flashes a message that tells customers to call 311 if it’s illegal.