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Security screener at JFK Airport charged with stealing $80,000 from checked bag
Newsday.com ^ | 10/20/2005 | staff

Posted on 10/29/2005 7:06:08 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

NEW YORK -- A security employee at John F. Kennedy International Airport was charged Thursday with stealing $80,000 in cash from a checked suitcase headed for Pakistan, the Queens district attorney's office said.

The Transportation Security Administration screener, Frank Ulerio, Jr., 23, allegedly stole the money when he was inspecting checked luggage on Oct. 7 in a Pakistan International Airlines area at the airport. Prosecutors said he stole the cash from the suitcase of a 45-year-old passenger from Astoria, Queens who was flying to Pakistan.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: jfkairport; theft; tsa
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To: Casloy

That's part of the problem, I think. You can't take more than $10,000 in or out without declaring it, but how do you declare that you have it going out?

You've given me homework. I will find out and report back (if I remember by the time I get to work Monday.)

:-)


21 posted on 10/29/2005 7:25:35 AM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: Willie Green
Chump change compared to what gets sent to Mexico.

Yeah, thanks for adding that.

22 posted on 10/29/2005 7:26:22 AM PDT by TankerKC (Done with the NFL..)
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To: R. Scott
At one time there were limits on how much cash you could take out of the country. It may have changed in the last few years.

As of 18 months ago (the last time I traveled overseas) US citizens had to declare anything over $10K in cash that they were carrying.

Given today's focus on terrorism,the drug trade and money laundering that law will never be weakened and is likely to be strengthened.

23 posted on 10/29/2005 7:26:23 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: R. Scott

You can take it, but you have to file a form with US Treasury that you are doing it.


24 posted on 10/29/2005 7:28:45 AM PDT by expatpat
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To: Gay State Conservative

And undeclared at that!


25 posted on 10/29/2005 7:32:50 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("Sharpei diem - Seize the wrinkled dog.")
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I don't even put in a little souvenier in my checked bags. I'm gonna put CASH in there? Much less 80k? Wow...what a dufus.


26 posted on 10/29/2005 7:40:36 AM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done more for our country than anyone will ever know. He's a man of honor.)
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To: CHICAGOFARMER
Well, Pakistan does raise a flag. I'm not saying he's automatically a terrorist, maybe he owns a 7-Eleven and is taking some money home to his family.

It seems weird to me for a guy to be carrying that much cash what with cashier's checks and wire transfers being what they are, but I understand that Pakistan doesn't have all of the bank branches and technology that we have here in the states.

27 posted on 10/29/2005 7:50:34 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("Sharpei diem - Seize the wrinkled dog.")
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To: Semper Paratus
The real story was how easy it to move 80,000 large out out of the US and when caught get an apology.

The Libertarian in me may be showing a bit here but....why is that curious? Why should doing that be considered a criminal act? If the guy owns the cash it's nobody's business how he chooses to transport it.

28 posted on 10/29/2005 7:54:43 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (If you decide to kick the tiger in the ass...you'd better be prepared to deal with the teeth.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
It seems weird to me for a guy to be carrying that much cash what with cashier's checks and wire transfers being what they are, but I understand that Pakistan doesn't have all of the bank branches and technology that we have here in the states.

Pakistan has banks.They have cell phones...the Internet...TVs,etc.Although Pakistan isn't a rich country,it's not Bangladesh,either.

IMO,terrorism and drug money (Golden Crescent) are the two most likely explanations for this case.

29 posted on 10/29/2005 8:02:34 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

The owner should be charged with a crime as well - the law requires that you declare any amount greater than $10,000


30 posted on 10/29/2005 8:04:25 AM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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To: expatpat; Gay State Conservative

I wonder if it had been declared.


31 posted on 10/29/2005 8:06:08 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
If the guy owns the cash it's nobody's business how he chooses to transport it.

You might have a point there.But given that there are far safer ways (that are more "transparent" as well) to do it and that what he did strongly fits the profile of a Bin Laden operative or a drug runner,isn't it reasonable to be *very* suspicious of this?

32 posted on 10/29/2005 8:07:17 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

The screener could have just said he thought it was drug money, and he's seizing it. It's a good enough excuse for cops, anyway.


33 posted on 10/29/2005 8:08:04 AM PDT by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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To: coloradan

Well, the guy had to be charged because he stole the money before the government had a chance to steal it. The feds don't like "freelancers" nicking their booty.


34 posted on 10/29/2005 8:12:45 AM PDT by Emmett McCarthy
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To: paudio
The first question of course: who put $80K in a checked bag?

A real gambler.

37 posted on 10/29/2005 8:31:46 AM PDT by Tom Bombadil
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

It seems weird to me for a guy to be carrying that much cash what with cashier's checks and wire transfers being what they are, but I understand that Pakistan doesn't have all of the bank branches and technology that we have here in the states

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That is the point, its weird to you.

I have carried 60k in cash and millions in checks when I worked for a major corporation.



38 posted on 10/29/2005 8:35:05 AM PDT by CHICAGOFARMER (concealed carry)
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To: R. Scott

It not illegal for a man to take this money with him crossing borders?

At one time there were limits on how much cash you could take out of the country. It may have changed in the last few years.

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You are confused. There is no limit when taking your money out of the country.


39 posted on 10/29/2005 8:36:11 AM PDT by CHICAGOFARMER (concealed carry)
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To: Condor51; All

I can vouch for search acting up a bit lately..

I'd like to knew more about FRank Ulerio, the luggage worker, article says he's a resident of Queens.. is he a legal resident? gang background? does he have MS tattoos, what kind of beer he drinks,, that kind of stuff.


40 posted on 10/29/2005 8:38:00 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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