Posted on 09/17/2002 8:17:08 PM PDT by Willie Green
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DENVER (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted 110 people who allegedly used false information to obtain jobs that gave them access to restricted areas of Denver International Airport, officials announced Tuesday.
None of those indicted was suspected of terrorist-related crimes, U.S. Attorney John Suthers said.
Federal agents arrested 35 people Tuesday, and were seeking the others. All 110 were indicted Sept. 10 on charges of misusing a Social Security number. Some face additional charges including unlawful return of a removed alien, perjury, making a false statement and false claim of citizenship.
Those indicted include airport employees, airline workers, contract workers and employees of businesses at the airport. If convicted, they each face up to five years in prison.
Suthers said one of the people indicted was a United Airlines pilot accused of misusing a Social Security number. He was not arrested, and details of his alleged crime weren't released. Airline officials declined to comment.
Nineteen airports, including Denver's, have come under scrutiny as part of a national security investigation in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.
FAA Administrator Jane Garvey in October ordered background checks of an estimated 750,000 airport and airline employees who could enter secured areas. The checks are supposed to be completed by December.
Well here is the page they are on, they are very interesting.
I did a quick search through the archives and came up with similar stories for the airports at:
Houston: Dozens Arrested In Airport Worker Sweep
London: Illegal immigrants arrested in British airport security scare
and Los Angeles: Over 80 Southern California airport workers arrested
I'm sure there have been a few others as well, but this Denver bust seems to be one of the bigger ones.
Hope they keep this up.
It's nice to see a crackdown on this breach of security.
More of those "jobs American's won't do" I suppose. LOL
They are evil.
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