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Pythias Brown, 48, of Maplewood, New Jersey, regularly sold the high-priced video cameras, laptop computers, and global positioning systems on eBay using the handle “alirla”, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Newark. Brown told investigators he began stealing the items in September 2007 while screening luggage at Newark Liberty International Airport.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/14/tsa_screener_theft/
It’s not the first time baggage screeners/handlers have been busted for stealing from passengers.
New York Times. August 12, 2004.
4 Baggage Screeners Arrested; TV Stars Were Among Victims
[PDF] Press Release December 7, 2007.
Jacksonville Airport Baggage Screener and Three Baggage Handlers Arrested for Thefts
Jan. 21, 2003.
With the signing of the act, airport security came under direct federal responsibility for the first time in airline history. Strict new requirements have been adopted to screen checked baggage. At airports, a new security force of federally-employed managers, supervisors, law enforcement officers and screeners is posted to check passengers and carry-on bags. TSA hired 23,000 baggage screeners and 33,000 passenger screeners to help shoulder the load.
http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/tsa-pr.cfm
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