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Old Nov 8, 2018, 10:57 pm
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robsaw
 
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Originally Posted by AUCLABruin
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181025...federal-prison

Ex-United employee issued vouchers for food instead of travel, and was able to get a bigger haul than the Westjet employee before caught.
That's the one.

And then we have the other extreme:

Easyjet flight attendant fired for eating a bacon sandwich given to her by manager

https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/88441210/Easyjet-flight-attendant-fired-for-eating-a-bacon-sandwich-given-to-her-by-manager

I do think the early success of these crimes seduces the perpetrators into a false sense of eluding detection - but the accounting and monitoring typically catches-up eventually.
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