VANCOUVER – A former Vancouver Airport (YVR) security screener is expected to be sentenced today after pleading guilty to theft charges.
Yuriy Ruvinskiy, who is in his 30s, entered a guilty plea to eight counts of theft under $5,000 in a Richmond court on Aug. 12.
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The charges were laid following an investigation by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority and RCMP and refer to 26 separate incidents, which took place over a seven-day period from February to March 2014.
Personal effects were stolen from travellers as they passed through security.
His sentencing hearing is expected to begin at 1:30 p.m.
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