Former Airline Service Worker Sentenced

• {Charleston, West Virginia}...Twenty-four-year-old Jared R. Phillips of Charleston has been sentenced to one year in federal prison on a wire fraud charge. He also was ordered to pay restitution. Prosecutors say Phillips, who worked for Regional Elite Airline Services, a company which provides airport ground handling and customer services for airlines nationwide, admitted using an airline reservation system at Yeager Airport to create vouchers using fake passenger names, passport numbers and dates of birth. He would then rebate the tickets' costs to credit and debit cards for himself and an associate. Prosecutor say the amount rebated totaled more than $110,000.