(News Nation) – A Florida man pretending to be a flight attendant from four different airlines booked 120 free flights over six years.
According to a press release from a US lawyer for the Southern District of Florida, Tyron Alexander, 35, pretended to be a flight attendant for multiple airlines between 2018 and 2024, visiting the airline’s website for booking flight flights using employee benefits.
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Alexander was convicted of wire fraud on June 5th and entered the airport’s safe area pretending to be false. Some of the airlines designated in court documents are Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
Alexander flew 34 flights on one airline, pretending to be a flight attendant or staff member by booking his non-cost flight using 30 different badge numbers and rental dates. He also claimed to be flight attendants for three other airlines to book more flights.
Alexander is scheduled to be sentenced on August 25th. If you are in charge of entering a safe airport area pretending to be false, the maximum sentence for wire fraud is 20 years and 10 years.
