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Convicted TSA agent who stole more than $800K worth of goods from passengers says stealing from bags is ‘very’ common

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Pythias Brown said many of the stolen items are taken out of carry-on bags that pass through TSA screenings while their owners make their way through security checkpoints and metal detectors.

A former TSA agent who spent three years in prison for stealing from passengers' luggage says the practice is “commonplace.”

Pythias Brown admits to stealing more than $800,000 worth of cash, clothing and electronics over a four-year period at Newark Liberty International Airport. He was finally caught trying to sell a stolen CNN camera on eBay.

"It became so easy, I got complacent," Brown told ABC News.

Though Brown says he might have been one of the biggest thieves at the Transportation Security Administration, he believes the agency has a culture of entitlement — and of looking the other way.

“It was so easy. One day I walked out of there with the video game, the Nintendo Wii. I walked right out of the checkpoint with the Nintendo Wii in my hand,” he said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/tsa-agent-convicted-theft-stealing-bags-common-article-1.1170993




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