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2026-01-01 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Former TSA Agent Exposes Somali Fraud in Real Time at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport

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Posted by Besoeker 2026-01-01 06:53|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1801 views ] Top
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1 NYP - Whodunnit? Minn. Somali-run day care bizarrely reports all their documents about child care were stolen.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-01-01 07:14|| 2026-01-01 07:14|| Front Page Top

2 "suitcases filled with millions of dollars cash. And the couriers were always Somali men traveling in pairs. And they got through the checkpoint."

And here I thought they just confiscate such items as 'drug' related monies which implies someone in TSA was told to look elsewhere.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-01-01 07:18|| 2026-01-01 07:18|| Front Page Top

3 I guess I thought there were laws against this. Maybe that’s just bringing money in.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-01 08:11|| 2026-01-01 08:11|| Front Page Top

4
Food for thought.
$1 million dollars in $100 bills would be 10k paper dollar bills. Which would stack to about 40 to 50 inches tall, depending on new or aged.

10k x 157 mm in width and 66.3 mm in height, with a weight of about 1 gram which would be 22 LBS total.

A suitcase could handle the amount, but would it be allowed as carry-on or checked baggage?

General answer "No, a standard carry-on bag is typically too small to fit $1 million in $100 bills...." Or

So checked bags may not have been seen by TSA humans and only the auto X-ray scanner for checked and loaded items prior to cargo loading.

But remember, we are talking $BILLION's
There are 1,000 millions in a Billion. So thats 22LBS x 1,000 x #B's =

I have a feeling they rented and/or used a private (diplomatic??) jet ?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-01-01 08:31|| 2026-01-01 08:31|| Front Page Top

5 I have a feeling they rented and/or used a private (diplomatic??) jet ?
Posted by NN2N1

Dip Pouches and more video.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-01-01 08:38|| 2026-01-01 08:38|| Front Page Top

6 It’s hard to think that anyone would check a bag filled with cash and trust that baggage handlers would not grab it.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-01 10:25|| 2026-01-01 10:25|| Front Page Top

7 IF this story is even partially true, we are in a world of hurt in our country. Needs a little investigating shall we say!

Posted by Oregon Dave 2026-01-01 18:19|| 2026-01-01 18:19|| Front Page Top

8 1m$ in 100's is 4" x 12" x 12" and 22#. That fits perfectly in a flight bag (like you see pilots carrying - or like they used to carry). Technically the CBP alarm is supposed to go off when you have more than 100k USD and over 10k is supposed to be declared.

All that being said carrying large amounts of US currency isn't all that unusual. "Back in the day" a 747 charter flight would cost 30k in fuel, 30k in non objection fees, 10k landing/parking/nav fees, 4k ground handling, 1k pushback plus catering, lav service, security and (G*D forbid) deicing. 80k easy for one transit through a "challenging" location. Paying in cash was not preferred but occasionally necessary. It was prudent to carry the funds for 2 transits - but not 3 (don't tempt fate).

What always took time was counting the amount out twice by each person, then converting to local currency, counting that out twice, then counting the change out twice. Then on to the next station. All whilst aiming for a 3 hour ground time.

So "hand carry" a million bucks is no biggie from a purely physical standpoint. Multiple millions being shipped usually go in the aft pit (tailcone door for a 747). That is the least accessible point in flight. You load it last with a belt loader and that is the first piece of cargo off with a belt loader at destination. And yes I have shipped a lot of currency back in the day.

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-01-01 18:26|| 2026-01-01 18:26|| Front Page Top

9 I’m not stuck on it being $1M. If it is $250k and the person said a million, it still should not be happening.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-01 18:53|| 2026-01-01 18:53|| Front Page Top

10 They told me there’d be no math…

;-)

(I love when someone else does the math while I watch)

Posted by trailing wife 2026-01-01 19:35|| 2026-01-01 19:35|| Front Page Top

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