A man has been accused of stealing 50 Lime scooters in Christchurch.
The 37-year-old Christchurch man has been charged with the thefts, totaling $37,500, between January 19 and May 29 this year.
The man was granted a registrar's remand without having to appear before a judge at Christchurch District Court this morning.
He was granted interim name suppression and told to return to court on August 15.
The charges carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail.
A fleet of electric scooters were deployed in Christchurch by California-based Lime for the public to hire last October.
It has a 12-month permit to operate 1000 e-scooters in the city.
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I'm not sure he'd thought this through given that Lime can trace their scooters whereabouts.
The scooters can only be tracked while they have sufficient residual charge. Once they've gone flat, they "go dark".
but what was the idea / on sell them... .. as soon as they operating GPS has you
The e-scooters have stolen the footpath from pedestrians in disgusting fashion, what this guy has done is poetic justice