Airport security officer fired for stealing passenger’s money

Oct 21, 2015 News

A local Aviation Security agent attached to a private company contracted by an airline has been fired for stealing a quantity of US currency from an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).
According to a statement from the CJIA, the female officer was processing the passenger at Gate 1 around 17:21 hrs on Friday, October 16, 2015, when she ‘swiped’ the cash from the passenger’s wallet, and placed it in one of her gloves.
“When the victim realized the money was missing, she immediately alerted staff in the vicinity. The cash was found and returned to the passenger. “The incident was reported to CJIA’s management by a relative of the passenger on October 18, 2015 and an internal investigation was immediately launched. The airport’s security footage corroborates the sequence of events.
“Meanwhile, the head of CJIA’s Security Department was in contact with the passenger’s relative, and yesterday, October 19, 2015 the said relative was informed of the investigation’s finding and action taken against the security officer. The matter is now in the hands of the police.”
The CJIA statement was released on the same day that a letter from the victim appeared in the Kaieteur News.
The woman had stated that she was about to board flight BW526 when a female security officer called her over for “a random security check.”
“She asked me to place my two bags (one overnight bag and the other my pocketbook) on the counter. She barely opened the overnight bag and put just one hand on top and asked me to close it.”
The security officer then reportedly proceeded to open the passenger’s pocketbook, and asked her if she had a cell phone.
“I responded, ‘Yes’, (and) she asked me to turn it on. I did so, then she asked me to turn it off. While I was occupied, she had both hands in my pocketbook, but I never thought that she was about to steal all my U.S. dollars,” the passenger stated.
“I became suspicious because she was fumbling with her gloves. I noticed her pulling off the top gloves and still had on another pair of gloves. When she handed my pocketbook back to me, I decided to check for my money. It was completely gone. I told her that I can’t find my money and it alerted me to the gloves she was fumbling with.
“I noticed her getting nervous, so I went with my gut and grabbed the gloves on her table. Lo and behold, there was all my U.S. dollars in her gloves. I quickly turned around to the officers that were at the door of the boarding gate and showed them this alarming evidence of theft. She kept saying, “I did not change my gloves, I did not change my gloves,” the letter stated.
The passenger stated that airport personnel were alerted “and all reacted shocked and stunned at what had just happened.”
“At this point, the thieving young lady who was employed to protect me, looked as though she had seen a ghost and was sweating.
“I am beyond distraught and disgusted by the actions of this young lady. I served as a Customs Officer for 16 years and I feel violated in my own country,” the passenger had stated in the letter.

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