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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 02:50 PM
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TSA Workers Stole $40K From Checked Bags at JFK: Cops
Source: nbcNY

Port Authority police busted two Transportation Safety Administration employees for allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from checked baggage at John F. Kennedy Airport.

Coumar Persad, 36, and Davon Webb, 30, are expected to each face three felony charges -- grand larceny, conspiracy and possession of stolen property -- and one misdemeanor charge of official misconduct, authorities said.

Police say $39,980 was recovered from the suspects' homes in connection with the investigation. The money was all reportedly stolen from one passenger's baggage.

Read more: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/TSA-Workers-Busted-for-Stealing-Nearly-40K-From-Checked-Baggage-116326209.html
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 02:53 PM
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1. Well, who's guarding the guards?
Just shut the whole facade down now! TSA isn't worth spit in stopping terrorists or average citizens taking guns on planes...

Send a message to Michael "Shirtoff" and his pals at Rapiscan: Get real jobs!
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CLANG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:42 PM
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9. Oh, please don't make him take his shirt off! And for God's sakes give him a bigger hat!!
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golddigger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 02:54 PM
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2. Like this is something new. Another scam on the American people.
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 02:55 PM
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3. who puts money into a checked bag under a plane? Since we can no longer lock our suitcases.....
really?
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:02 PM
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4. It may have been to avoid scrutiny for moving cash in amounts over over 5-10K.
I'm not sure it's illegal to, don't know much about that but I have read lots of cases where persons carrying amounts of cash in excess of $10,000 were sometimes questioned at length about it and sometimes the cash was siezed for no reason at all. This is in regards to regular police, not necessarily airline security.

PB
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Sonoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:20 PM
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6. You are correct.
If you are holding in excess of $10K in cash, you are going to experience serious delays.

The idiots could have purchased a few $9K Money Orders, folded them up between a few $20s and put them in their pocket.

Sonoman
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 04:18 PM
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15. Ha! Man, I'm really going to have to remember that trick if I'm ever in the enviable...
...position of being so flush!

PB
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anamandujano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 01:23 AM
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21. I can hear that booming over a loudspeaker.
"If you are holding in excess of $10K in cash, you are going to experience serious delays."

:rofl:
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 11:31 AM
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22. Maybe the bag's owner didn't want to declare the cash in customs
assuming this was an international flight...fwiw I think that is illegal...
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BonnieJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:20 PM
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7. My thoughts too.
Who would put that kind of money into a suitcase and then check it?
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former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:25 PM
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8. A drug dealer attempting to avoid a paper trail.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 04:22 PM
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16. Which is why they might not report it. n/t
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former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 07:15 PM
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20. Which is why the TSA employee took it.
They probably figured it was a drug dealer who would not report the loss.
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 04:18 PM
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14. You can still lock luggage.
There are TSA-approved locks that can be opened (and relocked) by TSA personnel.
You can also choose to use a different lock and accept the risk that the lock will be broken and your bag may be damaged.
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:16 PM
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5. The requirement to handle our sexual packages with care and dignity must not apply to
our checked packages. :patriot:
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no limit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:47 PM
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10. Note to self: Don't stash 40 grand in a checked bag which a $10 /hr employee will have access to
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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:52 PM
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11. Because as we all know...
Any worker making minimum wage is just a thief waiting for an opportunity. :sarcasm:
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no limit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 03:57 PM
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12. If I'm making $10/hr and $40,000 just happens to fall in my lap...
I can't say I would do the right thing.

But by all means, stash your thousands of dollars in to your checked bagage, I'm sure these 2 guys were just bad apples and this would never happen again.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-11 11:35 AM
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23. Actually, it was 170 grand
The TSA goons only took 40 of it, which makes me question their brains even more -- I think it would have been MUCH easier to "lose" the bag instead...
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 04:07 PM
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13. I think we have a problem with the US Post office too.
It might be as simple as students who work on college campus post offices. We don't mail anything to my daughter's campus address anymore.
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Xenotime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 05:57 PM
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17. If you are rich enough to carry that much money, you know the risk.
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iandhr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 06:11 PM
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18. who puts money in checked luggage
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Downwinder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 07:04 PM
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19. In the past, Nixon's bag men did.
Edited on Wed Feb-16-11 07:08 PM by Downwinder

I would suppose that some Chamber of Commerce contributions come in that way.
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