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Cargo Handler Sentenced For Airport Security Violations

Summary

Ruben Ricardo Santana, a cargo handler at Miami International Airport was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Miami to four months in prison and fined $200 on charges of FAA security violations and theft of mail. Santana used his MIA Security Identification Display Area badge to gain access to secure areas of the airport and steal military express, international and priority mail articles from Lufthansa Airlines' cargo facility. OIG investigated this case with the Miami-Dade Police Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.