A Whitehorse cab driver convicted of sexually assaulting one of his passengers has had his business licence revoked.

Meanwhile, other cabbies in the city are suffering because of his infamy.

Last Friday afternoon, Mohammed Abdullahi was found guilty of exposing himself to a young woman in his cab and making her touch his penis.

The 50-year-old man was already under a court order which prohibited him from carrying any lone female passengers.

Now that he has been convicted of a sexual offence, he is barred from operating a cab in Whitehorse for five years, according to the city's Vehicle for Hire Bylaw.

Abdullahi's licence was officially revoked Tuesday, confirmed John Taylor, the city's manager of bylaw services.

Although Abdullahi – who goes by the name Lungo – is no longer picking up fares, at least one other driver in town is bearing his bad reputation.

"For the first time in my life, I have people pointing at me, saying, ‘He is the one, he is a bad one,'” United Taxi owner Mohamed Abbas Osman told the Star this week.

"People know that I am Mohamed and they think it is me who did these things.”

Four Whitehorse cab drivers, including Abdullahi, are named Mohamed, according to Osman, but the United Taxi owner is the only one who is known to customers by his full first name.

He said calls to his company have dropped off drastically since Abdullahi's name has been in the news, and he has lost a number of regular customers.

"I don't know what I'm going to do to set this straight,” he said. "It's very hard.”

Abdullahi used to work for United, Osman said, but was fired and went on to start his own company, Golden Taxi.

This isn't the first time Osman has suffered because of a mix-up of names.

He said he has been called into the RCMP detachment more than once to answer for something another Mohamed has done or is suspected of doing.

Similar mix-ups were brought up during Abdullahi's trial, when his lawyer pointed out that local RCMP files show some confusion about which Mohamed is which.

Now the police know who he is, Osman said, but his reputation with customers and around the community is still a very real concern.

"I am telling everyone, it is not me, but still I am worried. I have children in school here; I do not want people thinking their father is this kind of man.”

Abdullahi has not yet been sentenced, nor has a sentencing date been set.

As an immigrant to Canada, Abdullahi's residency status may be affected by the conviction.