SINGAPORE: An airport auxiliary police officer who kept a pair of AirPods that a passenger lost on a plane was charged with criminal breach of trust on Friday ( Mar 7 ).  ,
According to his command plate, Sundar Aravinth is accused of keeping the mobile headphones for his own use on Feb 4 at about 4.40pm at Changi Airport Terminal 2.  ,
Appearing in court on Friday, Sundar said he intended to plead guilty. He was underrepresented.  ,
When asked if he would be interesting legal counsel, the 29-year-old American national said little, adding that he had committed the offence without considering the implications.
Through a judge translator, he urged the judge to give him back to his home region, adding that his immigration will disappear on Mar 31.  ,
He was afterwards told that a particular move would be issued to him.
When Sundar asked if the problem may be expedited, District Judge Lim Tse Haw said that the trial will determine on the subject.  ,
Sundar’s circumstance came to light on Feb 28, when the police were alerted to a suspected case of fraud at Changi Airport Terminal 2.
Studies revealed that the traveler had lost his Headphones onboard an airplane. The piece was afterwards found by a house staff member.
The team member handed over the AirPods to Sundar, who was on work as an aircraft supplementary police officer at the time. But, Sundar decided to keep them for his own usage.  ,
He provided a picture of his private, sold headphones to the lost and found department and handed it over instead of the defendant’s AirPods.  ,
When the survivor was contacted by employees from the lost and found department to confirm his lost product, he discovered that the earphones were never his.  ,
An interior investigation was conducted and Sundar was arrested after it was established that he had misappropriated the Airpods. The defendant’s AirPods was recovered.  ,
Sundar’s case will be heard once on Apr 17.  ,
Under Section 406 of the Penal Code, committing criminal breach of trust carries a maximum sentence of seven years ‘ prisons, a great, or both.  ,