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Michael Sainato

Man charged after flying from Denmark to LA with no passport or ticket

American Airlines planes taxi around the air traffic control tower at Los Angeles international airport.
American Airlines planes taxi around the air traffic control tower at Los Angeles international airport. Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA

A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles in November without a passport or ticket told US authorities he didn’t remember how he got through security in Europe, according to a federal complaint filed by the FBI. He has been charged with a federal crime.

Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, 46, arrived at Los Angeles international airport on 4 November via Scandinavian Airlines flight 931 from Copenhagen. He initially told authorities he had left his passport on the airplane which he flew on. A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer could not find Ochigava on the flight manifest or any other incoming international flights, according to the complaint filed on 6 November in Los Angeles federal court.

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