A customs officer in Florida robbed numerous travelers during border controls and currency checks. A total of 17 cases are known. He now faces the maximum penalty.
Anyone who arrives at the airport will be familiar with this: you either walk through the green corridor marked “nothing to declare” or through the red corridor where you declare the goods that you have to declare. The customs officers are responsible for ensuring that everything is done correctly and will confiscate goods or cash if there is any doubt. But one of them took advantage of this in the USA to enrich himself.
A former Customs and Border Protection officer at Naples Airport in Florida pleaded guilty to stealing cash from arriving international airline passengers while on duty. The defendant stole approximately $18,700 in cash from airline passengers in 17 separate thefts between mid-2023 and early 2024.
This happened during border controls and currency checks that he was carrying out as part of his official duties as an assigned officer at the airport. The man has declared that he will pay back everything to the victims. He faces a maximum sentence of ten years in a federal prison. In addition to charter flights, Naples mainly receives business charter flights and private flights.
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The original of this article “Brazen customs officer perfidiously scammed travellers – now he faces the maximum penalty” comes from aeroTelegraph.
