TSA Steals $100K in Bling
Nov 3, 2015, 9:46 pm
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There's no way they could ever pin this on TSA clerks. If this is real, it will get caught up in the mutual finger-pointing between the airline and the TSA. Now, if the couple could produce the TSA baggage notice, that would be a different story. But, I can't imagine a TSA clerk or clerks stealing this stuff would ever put a baggage inspection notice inside anyway.
My five-minute analysis says insurance fraud. They would have to let the TSA and airline "investigations" finish, file claims with each that would be rejected, and then file an insurance claim (real or fraud). If they were looking for easy or fast money, it's not going to happen.
Nov 6, 2015, 11:47 am
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http://nypost.com/2015/11/01/tsa-sto...-from-luggage/
A Manhattan couple claims TSA agents at JFK Airport lifted more than $95,000 worth of rings from their luggage.
Natalie and Michael Hekmat were booked on a February flight to Los Angeles when they checked their locked luggage with JetBlue at the curb, according to their lawsuit.
Inside her suitcase, Natalie Hekmat had packed nine rings into a brown suede jewelry roll, including an $80,000 2.10-carat diamond ring and several others from the Italian company Pomellato, including a $3,050 ring with brown diamonds; a $2,800 ring with black diamonds; and a $2,350 amethyst ring.
“Upon arrival at LAX, [they] immediately inspected their luggage,” according to court papers, and “found that the jewelry roll had been opened and all the property . . . was missing from the roll. The roll was not taken.”
A Manhattan couple claims TSA agents at JFK Airport lifted more than $95,000 worth of rings from their luggage.
Natalie and Michael Hekmat were booked on a February flight to Los Angeles when they checked their locked luggage with JetBlue at the curb, according to their lawsuit.
Inside her suitcase, Natalie Hekmat had packed nine rings into a brown suede jewelry roll, including an $80,000 2.10-carat diamond ring and several others from the Italian company Pomellato, including a $3,050 ring with brown diamonds; a $2,800 ring with black diamonds; and a $2,350 amethyst ring.
“Upon arrival at LAX, [they] immediately inspected their luggage,” according to court papers, and “found that the jewelry roll had been opened and all the property . . . was missing from the roll. The roll was not taken.”
Airlines occasionally straight up lose bags and it's not like they're going to give them $95k back.
Nov 6, 2015, 12:19 pm
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What kind of idiots pack that kind of thing in luggage. As to their assertion about the TSA, there's more than just the TSA that handles baggage, so it's more than a little stupid to say that the TSA stole it.
Airlines occasionally straight up lose bags and it's not like they're going to give them $95k back.
Airlines occasionally straight up lose bags and it's not like they're going to give them $95k back.
Baggage handlers 1) do not have xray vision and 2) are not permitted under any circumstances to open bags and remove contents.
Nov 6, 2015, 2:09 pm
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/us/airport-luggage-theft/
Nov 6, 2015, 3:22 pm
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n't have wandering hands with sticky fingers...
Nov 9, 2015, 7:43 pm
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Any other poorly formed arguments you'd like to put forward? The logout button is on the top right of the screen.
I certainly hope this couple wasn't doing this as an insurance scam.
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