Federal, State Authorities Deny Resurfaced Claim That They Are Tracking Cash Drivers Are Carrying On The Road

Government officials denied allegations that tolling authorities track certain dollar bills.

Some toll collection systems can rat out drivers who have illicit cash to law enforcement, Travis Harwood claimed on an Aug. 10 episode of “The Wild Chaos Podcast.” However, multiple authorities responsible for managing their jurisdiction’s E-ZPass — the main toll collection system in the East Coast — denied that claim.

“The toll booths have a blue band reader on them and they can tell that you have a hundred grand in cash,” Harwood told the host, Bam Marshall.

The episode was about Harwood’s journey from getting into organized crime and leaving that way of life after finding his faith.

“You have to go around the toll booth ’cause I’ve had guys get pulled over from going through the toll booth with cash and they’ll say ‘Where are those 1,500 one-hundred dollar bills that you went through the toll booth with?'” Harwood said.

Harwood soon afterwards gave an anecdote about a drug trafficker he knew who was pulled over when traveling from New Hampshire to Maine after going through a toll booth.

However, the Maine Turnpike Authority told the Daily Caller News Foundation that Maine State Police has not had “any experience” with that practice.