An Apple AirTag led to the arrest of a 19 yr old airline subcontractor who was busted with 15,000 dollars’ worth of items from luggage at a Florida airport.

a traveler reported last month that her luggage never made it to her destination. The items inside were worth about $1,600. 

 She said an Apple AirTag, a tracking device that triggers alerts on iPhones, iPads and Apple computers, had been in her luggage and showed that it was on Kathy Court in Mary Esther, about 50 miles east of Pensacola. 

 On Aug. 9, another traveler reported that more than $15,000 worth of jewelry and other items had been taken from his luggage. 

 Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies investigating both suspected thefts cross-referenced Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport employees who lived near Kathy Court and found De Luca at his home. He was arrested Aug. 10.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/airtag-leads-arrest-airline-worker-accused-stealing-least-15000-items-rcna43547

https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-airport-worker-theft-luggage-destin-fort-walton-apple-airtag-2022-8