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No. Not if you co-operate with them - you will see lots of threads on here where SWR have offered settlements instead of prosecuting.

They do seem to investigate past journey history to look for suspicious things as part of their investigation - but still seem OK to settle out of court if there is an acceptance that such past evasion is paid for.
So based off your experience seeing these cases they are only going to observe my Trainline history as you mentioned them looking into my little cousins oyster card and my false 16 plus Oyster card that was made for me is very very unlikely
 
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WesternLancer

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So based off your experience seeing these cases they are only going to observe my Trainline history
we know they do look at Trainline account records as we see this in many other cases.

as you mentioned them looking into my little cousins oyster card and my false 16 plus Oyster card that was made for me is very very unlikely
I do not think I have ever mentioned anything about your use of other people's oyster cards - but if I have let me know in which post, and I can check what I said in case it is not clear.
 

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On the one hand you obviously regret your wrong-doing, which is good since it shows you have learnt your lesson and will not offend again.

On the other hand, you are over-thinking it all. I know it's easier said than done, but take a deep breath and try to put it to one side for the time being. You have to be patient and wait for the letter in 3 - 4 weeks; there is nothing else you can do, apart from save up. Everyone has said don't worry about the Oyster card - it is very, very, very highly unlikely that they know anything about it, will not have any triggers to alert them to it, and will have no evidence to try to make you pay for it.
 
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You don't think it will take longer than a month?
On the one hand you obviously regret your wrong-doing, which is good since it shows you have learnt your lesson and will not offend again.

On the other hand, you are over-thinking it all. I know it's easier said than done, but take a deep breath and try to put it to one side for the time being. You have to be patient and wait for the letter in 3 - 4 weeks; there is nothing else you can do, apart from save up. Everyone has said don't worry about the Oyster card - it is very, very, very highly unlikely that they know anything about it, will not have any triggers to alert them to it, and will have no evidence to try to make you pay for it.
The reason why I was worrying about the oysters was to see if they would check cameras as all the tickets were purchased same time roughly to notice a trend
 

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