“A TSA agent caught stealing iPads and numerous other electronic devices was arrested this week following a sting operation at New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport,” Killian Bell reports for Cult of Mac. “Sean Henry, 32, joins the growing list of TSA workers who have been accused of stealing from passengers as they pass through airport checkpoints across the United States.”
“Henry's arrest follows an ABC News investigation carried out back in September, which revealed that 381 TSA officers had been fired for theft since 2003,” Bell reports. “Henry will be the latest, after Transportation Security Administration spokesman David Castelveter confirmed that the TSA has ‘taken the steps to begin processing [Henry] for termination.’”
Bell reports, “Apple's iOS devices - the iPad, in particular - appear to be a popular target for some TSA agents, who believe it's okay to take passengers' belongings home with them. Unfortunately for them, they're also the easiest to track... Officers used the Find My iPad feature to track the two devices that had been intentionally left behind, and they found them with Henry as they left JFK on the airport's AirTrain system. And that's not all Henry was carrying. In Henry's backpack, investigators found a MacBook Pro, a pair of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones - still boxed, an iPad mini, an iPod, and an iPhone. A subsequent search of his home also uncovered a stolen MacBook. Needless to say Henry was charged with grand larceny and possession of stolen property.”
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