A dad-of-six dubbed the 'fraudster of the skies' tricked two airlines out of £25k of duty free goods over three years.
Keith James, 63, stole £25k of duty-free sunglasses, aftershave, cigarettes and alcohol, after he exploited a banking security gap while flying between Spain and the UK. James would use his bank cards with no credit facilities to make in-flight purchases from the duty free trolley after realising online transactions could only be processed after planes land.
When wheels hit the tarmac at his destination, the 63-year-old from Wythenshawe would make a quick getaway before cabin crew downloaded passenger purchases and realised his payment method was rejected. The dad-of-six defrauded Jet2 and Thomas Cook between May 2016 and April 2019.
