Exclusive | New Yorker who tried using yellow Prius as a fake taxi sued by NYC to be taken off the streets for good

He’s a real fake hack.A former New York City cabbie whose license was suspended more than a decade ago has been posing as a taxi driver — using his little yellow Toyota, The Post has learned.The city Taxi and Limousine Commission is now fighting to permanently seize George Caraballo’s compact 2013 Prius due to his repeated violations, public records show.In the last six months, Caraballo has been dinged twice by the city for posing as an official yellow medallion driver, according to a civil forfeiture lawsuit filed by the TLC on Thursday. In fact, Caraballo’s second violation came only two weeks after the hack driver pleaded guilty to the first, the Manhattan Supreme Court filing states.A TLC inspector first watched him drive his yellow hybrid hatchback to pick up a hailing passenger in Manhattan for a $26 ride in November, the suit states.Unfortunately for Caraballo, his fare was dwarfed by the $1,500 violation issued to him that night for “operating for hire a vehicle that is not licensed by TLC.”Just 15 days after he copped to that first violation at a March administrative hearing, the counterfeit cabman was at it again, the suit states.On April 8, Caraballo picked up a group of four people in front of the iconic New Yorker Hotel near Penn Station for an $18 fare — under the watchful eye of a TLC inspector, the suit alleges. The knockoff taxi was immediately seized by the TLC, the suit states.During his second stint before the city Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Caraballo again pleaded guilty.But an attorney for the TLC argued that the commission should retain Caraballo’s car while the city pursues its civil forfeiture case against him to permanently take possession of the bogus cab, records show.Caraballo apparently pulled the same stunt with a different car in 2020, “evidence of the respondent’s flagrant disregard for the rules,” the TLC lawyer said — calling the fake taxi driver a “danger to the public.”His represe...