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SON OF A GLITCH! MTA IS OUT 74G

Regular straphangers took the MTA for a $74,000 ride by accident – in addition to the $800,000 authorities say a trio of scammers bilked from the agency.

A suspected software glitch allowed people to buy MetroCards and commuter railroad tickets without being charged – the same error authorities believe Christopher Clemente, 37, Lisa Foster Jordan, 37, and Cary Grant, 40, allegedly exploited in order to peddle hundreds of thousands of dollars in rides since 2005.

But besides the alleged scam, lots of other passengers got to pass through the turnstile without paying.

Officials believe there were 990 unrelated, erroneous transactions totaling $74,000 in losses since 2004.

“We don’t think in those instances people were doing it intentionally,” said Long Island Rail Road spokesman Joe Calderone.

The bizarre hitch would occur when straphangers with no money in their accounts would try to buy a ticket. The bank would transmit a denial, which the machine would receive and record. But then it would spit out a ticket anyway.

“We’re tightening up the controls,” Calderone said.

The three accused swindlers exclusively used a machine in Penn Station, officials suspect.

According to the criminal complaint, Jordan was caught on surveillance video on May 27 charging $14,000 in LIRR tickets and MetroCards at the machine in 36 minutes.

The next day, she racked up $3,400 in charges in just six minutes, according to the document.

Grant was released without bail.

Clemente, a former Wharton School of Business student, previously served 15 years on a drug charge. He posted $50,000 bail but was still in Rikers Island yesterday, officials said. He is due back in court today.

Additional reporting by Pilar Conci and Kieran Crowley

patrick.gallahue@nypost.com