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Stealing Miles? Only The Airlines Themselves Get To Do That
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This guy allegedly would hack into people's frequent flyer accounts and steal their miles, booking up to $260,000 worth of travel for himself. The cops say he admitted it and had stolen-identity credit cards with him when they arrested him, but now he denies it and alleges that someone else he socialized with in "the wrong crowd" was to blame, though he doesn't have any names for them. He's not stupid in one way -- he's a computer programmer and seemed to be doing fine as that -- but he really seems to think the cops and public are stupid, offering excuses like "hey, all I know is that the rental car reservations were in my name" like they magically appeared. Pretty brazen. (Miami Herald)
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