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A crooked car service ripped off the MTA’s program for the disabled by submitting tens of thousands of dollars in phony vouchers for rides that never took place, officials said yesterday.

Wadsworth Car Service — which had a contract with the MTA to transport passengers with disabilities under the Access-a-Ride program — pleaded guilty to grand larceny in the third degree, according to Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan.

The company submitted at least $30,000 in fraudulent vouchers, although officials said that number could be much higher.

In addition to paying back the $30,000, the company also is agreeing to forfeit $200,000 in unpaid claims that it submitted to the MTA.

It’s unclear how many of those claims are legitimate.

MTA officials became suspicious in 2009 after Wadsworth drastically increased the number of rides it billed in a single month — from 55,000 to 100,000.

During that time, the car service never hired extra staff or bought more vehicles for the supposed influx of passengers.

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