TSA gadget theft still a risk; iPad tracked to agent's house

Posted: October 09, 2012

[caption id="attachment_10890" align="alignright"]A Massachusetts State Police officer stands guard at Boston Logan International Airport.[/caption]Think twice before you decide to check expensive electronic items, or other valuables. While you might think it's the safest thing to do to protect them, you could be very wrong. Read on to see why.The list of horror stories about gadget theft by Transportation Security Administration agents just got a little longer, with ABC News catching one officer in the act of stealing an iPad.

In an investigation of ten major U.S. airports, ABC News checked luggage containing iPads and cash, and purposely left behind iPads at TSA security checkpoints. Although all the checked luggage arrived safely, and nearly all checkpoint officers called travelers back to claim their iPads, one officer in Orlando instead grabbed the iPad at a security checkpoint and took it to his home, 30 miles away.

When confronted two weeks later, the agent, Andy Ramirez, claimed that his wife took the iPad from the airport, despite video evidence of him handling the device. The TSA then fired him.

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