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The rail industry says that fare evasion costs about £240m a year and the cost is felt by taxpayers and fare-paying passengers.

The Military Manpower Administration, the country’s conscription agency, does not keep records of how many dual citizens have been charged with draft evasion, according to a spokesperson.

"My conclusion is that in the case, there has been a tax evasion… because all the parties know exactly what to do in order to hide the reality," he said.

Cromartie, a former Democratic city council member in Columbia, South Carolina, was convicted of tax evasion.

Fare evasion is estimated to cost the industry £240m a year.