An audit by a state agency found nearly a quarter of taxi trips from the Las Vegas airport in 2012 involved illegal long-hauling in which passengers were overcharged an estimated $14.8 million. A report issued today by the audit division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau said of 2,730 trip sheets reviewed by auditors, 614 of them — 22.5 percent — included reports of drivers taking passengers on a longer route than necessary.
