Flight attendant in US stole $6430 intended for UNICEF

A FLIGHT attendant has been arrested after a rather bizarre discovery involving an unbelievable amount of coins, shoved into his car.

GLASGOW - AUGUST 10: A police officer with a sniffer dog boards an American Airlines plane at Glasgow Airport on August 10, 2006 Glasgow in Scotland. British Airports have been thrown into chaos as Airport security has been heightened to critical after a terrorist plot to blow up planes in mid-flight from the UK to the US was disrupted by police.(Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

A FLIGHT attendant has been arrested after 317.5 kilograms of coins intended for UNICEF were found in his car at Kennedy International Airport.

A Port Authority police spokesman said Wednesday 56-year-old Marco Costa was arrested on January 31 on possession of stolen property and other charges.

Spokesman Joe Pentangelo says the Miami, Florida, man collected $3700 in euros, $2314 in British pounds and $193 in US coins from passengers as part of American Airlines’ charitable partnership with the United Nations children’s agency.

An American Airlines plane.

He says bags holding the money in a car sagging low to the ground were found in October.

A spokeswoman says the airline is working with investigators. UNICEF says it values its 20-year partnership with American Airlines.

Lawyers for Costa didn’t return a message seeking comment.