US EditionMan Convicted of Fraud for Posing as Flight Attendant to Fly for Free
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, JUN 10 – Tiron Alexander exploited employee travel systems using fake credentials to book over 120 free flights across multiple airlines, with sentencing set for August 25, 2025.
- Tiron Alexander, age 35, was found guilty on June 5 in Florida of committing wire fraud and unlawfully gaining access to a restricted airport area through deception.
- Between 2018 and 2024, he secured over 120 complimentary flights by fraudulently representing himself as a flight attendant for multiple airlines.
- Alexander used about 30 different badge numbers and claimed employment with seven airlines despite never being a pilot or flight attendant.
- Each wire fraud count carries up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, while entering a secure area has a maximum 10-year sentence.
- Alexander is scheduled for sentencing on August 25, 2025, with prosecutors Shepherd, Keller, and Chinchilla handling the case in the Southern District of Florida.
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For six years, Tiron Alexander tricked airlines like Spirit Airlines with fake forms and invented credentials; booked more than 120 flights and boarded 34 without paying a dollar. Now waits sentence for federal fraud
35-year-old Tyron Alexander was found guilty on June 5 by a federal jury in the South District of Florida.
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