A Delta Air Lines employee based in Minneapolis has been charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of airline property, which he then sold on eBay, following an investigation by the airline’s internal security department.
Investigators launched a probe after identifying an eBay account that was selling Delta property, including inventory that was intended as employee gifts, that had been reported as missing.
40-year-old Ahmad Ali Harfoush from Burnsville, Minnesota, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment and a $100,000 fine if he is found guilty of felony theft following his arrest earlier this year.
Harfoush worked as a shop equipment technician and is said to have had access to expensive Delta inventory that he allegedly stole for nearly a year beginning in June 2023.
It wasn’t until May 7, 2024, however, that Delta’s internal security team identified an eBay account that was potentially being used to sell the missing inventory.
Harfoush was quickly identified as the suspect behind the eBay account and airport police at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport arrested him while he was at work on May 13.
Police conducted a search of Harfoush’s home and allegedly discovered $49,852.31 worth of property belonging to Delta Air Lines in his house. A further $5,422.78 of property belonging to the Atlanta-based carrier was found in his car, investigators claim.
Alongside the stolen property, detectives also seized shipping labels and mail packaging, which they claim was used by Harfoush in his criminal plot to sell the stolen inventory on eBay.
eBay records obtained by airport police reveal that Harfoush sold items worth $70,820.77 via the platform in an eleven month period between June 2023 and May 2024.
The true value of the goods sold, however, is estimated to have been worth more than $106,000. The money obtained from the eBay account linked to the stolen goods was then forwarded to Harfoush’s personal bank account.
Following his arrest, Harfoush was allowed to make a phone call, which was recorded. Investigators claim that in the recording, Harfoush admits: “It started as something simple, and then I just got greedy. I need treatment for this… theft. Like, what the f*** am I thinking?”
Harfoush is due to appear in court later this month.
I hope they froze his bank accounts, and assets, so it doesn’t disappear. Knowing how our courts operate, he’ll probably get probation. Big deal. Just raise prices so everyone else can make your loss. What took them so long to recognize their inventory was gone
Looks like delta air us full chicken shit and
Crooks workers what a way to pass of good workers.
OMG!!!
How I miss my beloved PanAm!!!
We all ex employees, after so many years still love our company and our loyalty to our job.
In my over twenty years working for PanAm, I never heard of any thing like that happened.
All we wish to have our loved PanAm today.!!!
37 years at Pan am finished as duty director Miami base those were the best days of my life. I wish all pan am ers happy memories.
Thieves stealing from their employers or clients apparently often get caught up in this problem. The more they get away with it the bolder they get being sure they’ll never be caught. In the early 90s a guy was embezzling from the company I worked for. Over a 3 year period he stole around $750,000. That would be over 1.5 million today.
LOL. he’s in Minneapolis. They do not prosecute theft crimes in Minneapolis. Heck, you can burn down a poilce station and get away with it. Welc ome to Wokeville!
Tampon Tim will pardon him and offer him a job in his cabinet if he gets in.
Vote Walz/Harris for more of the same 🤷🏼♂️
You are so right! You can even plot a foil attempt to overthrow the United States Government and be entitled enough to run for President.
Stealing at work place is the lowest moral concept. A place where u earn ur bread and butter. No Conscience at all. Greed has no limits. Should be charged.
The USA has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. How do you explain this at the same time that you claim the court system releases everyone?
Hey ed you had it coming, pay your employees ashole. I hope every employee bends you over, Mr. Bonus.
Just say you have Donald Trump syndrome and it all fake. He’ll get away with it just like Trump. All he has to say is he thought items belonged to him because he was an employee.
“I need treatment for this . . . ”
LOL. Yeah, we’ve got the treatment for you. Doctor prescribes 8-10 years in a small concrete room with a barred door.