TSA Screener Busted Stealing Tech From Travelers

Yet another crook employed by the TSA has been busted stealing iPads from travelers. Sean Henry of Brooklyn New York worked at JFK Airport and had a nasty habit of taking expensive equipment out of the bags of airline passengers.

From ABC here:

A Transportation Security Administration screener has been arrested on charges he swiped iPads and other electronic devices from passengers’ luggage at John F. Kennedy Airport.

Port Authority spokesman Steven Coleman said Wednesday that 32-year-old Sean Henry, of Brooklyn, was nabbed in a sting operation using decoy bags in cooperation with the TSA.

Coleman says Henry was arrested after leaving work carrying in his backpack two planted iPads and other electronic devices. He says stolen items were also found in Henry’s home.

The 10-year veteran of the federal agency was arrested on charges of grand larceny and official misconduct.

I travel very frequently. I never take my eyes off my laptop bag as it goes through the screening process. And its not just he TSA who might steal a laptop or iPad- other travelers can also easily snag a piece of equipment, either on purpose or by accident. Additionally, make your gear uniquely and easily identifiable- whether its with stickers, a skin, or even paint to prevent it from getting mixed up by someone else. I’m amazed at how often different travelers put identical looking Macbooks through the scanner, and I don’t know how they manage to reclaim their own laptops.