Flight attendant suspected of stealing passengers’ donations to needy
Israir employee confesses to pocketing cash given for aid groups as part of company fundraising campaign
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Illustrative photo of an Israir plane on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, August 3, 2013 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
Police this week arrested a senior flight attendant on an Israir route between Tel Aviv and Eilat, on suspicion that he habitually stole money donated by passengers to the needy.
Israir was running a campaign to collect money for various aid groups. Passengers who wished to do so were encouraged to place their donations in special envelopes in their seat pockets.
The attendant in question is suspected of having pocketed some of the envelopes instead of handing them over to ground crews after flights.
A search of the suspect’s suitcase, and later his home, revealed numerous such envelopes with around NIS 9,000 ($2,500) in cash.
The suspect has confessed to stealing the donations and is currently under house arrest.
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