Flight Attendant Guilty Of Passenger Jewellery Theft.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
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Just recently an Air France flight attendant has admitted thieving cash and jewellery amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds from travellers sleeping in business class, long haul flights.
The flight attendant claims to have seen a total of 142 separate theft incidents alone since the start of 2010, and that is just the thefts that were reported. It is believed that many more have gone undetected as people may have believed they simply lost the money or jewellery. The forty seven year old attendant was finally discovered upon arriving at Charles De Gaulle airport after a flight from Tokyo.
After months of investigations and discussions the French police were finally able to pinpoint who was responsible for the thefts by carrying out a series of checks on cabin crew working over many different shift patterns. The route to and from Tokyo was said to have been a popular route for the thefts to occur on.
It is believed that the Japanese were targeted due to them carrying large amounts of cash rather than choosing to use credit cards. Police opted to launch a full investigation into the Japanese route after five different passengers complained that they had money and jewellery stolen during one flight, the amount totalled over 3500.
The female flight attendant at the centre of the thefts has now admitted that she began her stealing from passengers in March 2009 and has already admitted to police that she has committed 26 thefts, that she can remember.
Following extensive investigations he police have stated that "Her bank accounts revealed a dizzying gap between her lifestyle and her tax revenues."
The police authorities have also spoke of how she kept the jewellery she stole in a safe deposit box in a bank in Rouen, where she is believed to have lived. Some of the jewellery included a Cartier wedding ring and a range of diamond rings.
Cheque books, credit cards and travellers cheques were also found in her home. If she is found guilty she will face up to ten years imprisonment for her actions.
The flight attendant claims to have seen a total of 142 separate theft incidents alone since the start of 2010, and that is just the thefts that were reported. It is believed that many more have gone undetected as people may have believed they simply lost the money or jewellery. The forty seven year old attendant was finally discovered upon arriving at Charles De Gaulle airport after a flight from Tokyo.
After months of investigations and discussions the French police were finally able to pinpoint who was responsible for the thefts by carrying out a series of checks on cabin crew working over many different shift patterns. The route to and from Tokyo was said to have been a popular route for the thefts to occur on.
It is believed that the Japanese were targeted due to them carrying large amounts of cash rather than choosing to use credit cards. Police opted to launch a full investigation into the Japanese route after five different passengers complained that they had money and jewellery stolen during one flight, the amount totalled over 3500.
The female flight attendant at the centre of the thefts has now admitted that she began her stealing from passengers in March 2009 and has already admitted to police that she has committed 26 thefts, that she can remember.
Following extensive investigations he police have stated that "Her bank accounts revealed a dizzying gap between her lifestyle and her tax revenues."
The police authorities have also spoke of how she kept the jewellery she stole in a safe deposit box in a bank in Rouen, where she is believed to have lived. Some of the jewellery included a Cartier wedding ring and a range of diamond rings.
Cheque books, credit cards and travellers cheques were also found in her home. If she is found guilty she will face up to ten years imprisonment for her actions.
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