# Airline employee accused of taking $25,000 from Florida pensioner in sweepstakes scam

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/american-airlines-flight-attendant-used-her-free-travel-benefits-to-jet-to-vulnerable-elderly-womans-house-and-scam-her-sheriff-claims/
- Published: 2026-10-27T23:58:59+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T00:13:28+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16243923/American-Airlines-flight-attendant-used-free-travel-benefits-jet-vulnerable-elderly-womans-house-scam-sheriff-claims.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Culture, Travel, World

## Key points

- A flight attendant was arrested over an alleged $25,000 sweepstakes scam.
- Police say she used staff travel benefits to visit the victim.
- Investigators cite 88 credit card charges totalling $10,590.30.

## Summary

A 24-year-old American Airlines flight attendant from Brooklyn was arrested on suspicion of taking about $25,000 from an elderly woman in Palm Coast, Florida, through a fake sweepstakes scheme. Flagler County detectives say Destiny Blake used her staff travel benefits to visit the woman’s home and obtain her credit card details.

Police say Blake posed as a Publishers Clearing House representative in November 2025 and asked the woman to send a $500 gift card to claim winnings. The victim later lost access to her email, withdrew $14,000, and Blake allegedly received $14,220; investigators also say 88 card charges totalling $10,590.30 covered Apple products, other shopping and food deliveries. Blake was arrested at Miami International Airport on a Flagler County warrant.

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