American Airlines flight attendant arrested at MIA in $25K scam targeting elderly woman, deputies say

An American Airlines flight attendant was arrested at Miami International Airport after deputies said she used her employee travel benefits to visit a 75-year-old woman as part of a scam that cost the victim more than $25,000. According to the Flagler County Sheriff s Office, 24-year-old Destiny Blake, of Brooklyn, New York, was arrested late Friday evening by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers after arriving at MIA on an international flight. Investigators said the scheme began in November 2025 when the Palm Coast woman received a phone call from someone claiming to represent Publishers Clearing House. The caller told her she had won a sweepstakes prize but needed to mail a $500 gift card to Blake to collect her winnings. Authorities said the victim complied and later discovered she had been locked out of her email account after someone changed her password. Investigators said Blake later received $14,220 in cash and Zelle payments from the victim. On Nov. 1