Woodbridge TSA officer sentenced for stealing from Indian travelers

Woodbridge: A township man who worked as a lead transportation security officer for the Transportation Security Administration at Newark Liberty International Airport has been sentenced to six months home confinement for stealing money from travelers during security screenings.
U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said Al Raimi, 30, of Woodbridge also was ordered to pay $24,150 restitution to his victims and pay a $3,000 fine when he was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares in Newark federal court. He also was sentenced to three years’ supervised release.
Raimi had previously admitted that he and his supervisor regularly stole from travelers when he pleaded guilty Feb. 24 to theft by a government officer. Between October 2009 to September 2010, Raimi was a lead transportation security officer at the B-3 security checkpoint for Terminal B at Newark Airport.
During that time, Raimi stole between $10,000 and $30,000 in cash from travelers.
According to a complaint against Arato, the B-3 checkpoint where Raimi worked served Air India flights. Travelers to India began complaining about money and other valuables missing from carry-on luggage after secondary checks in August 2009. Most of the passengers were non-English-speaking Indian women, according to the complaint.
21/09/11 My Central Jersey.com

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Categories: airports Sep 2011, Foreign Sep 2011