A federal jury in Miami has convicted a man for claiming he was a flight attendant in order to fly for free on scores of flights.

From 2018 to 2024, Tiron Alexander, 35, booked free flights on the websites of the affected air carriers, a perk that was supposed to be reserved to pilots and flight attendants, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida said in a statement this week.

While Alexander was employed by an unspecified airline headquartered in Dallas starting in 2015, he never worked as a pilot or flight attendant, according to the indictment against him.

In order to get the free flights, applicants had to provide their employer, hiring date and badge number. Alexander, the attorney’s office said, put down seven different employing airlines and around 30 different hiring dates and badge numbers to get 34 flights on one air carrier.

In total, Alexander flew more than 120 times for free on four different airlines, the attorney’s office said. The jury convicted him on charges of wire fraud and entering into a secure area in an airport under false pretenses, and he is slated for sentencing on Aug. 25.

Alexander was charged on five counts in total, four for wire fraud and one for entry under false pretenses according to the indictment. He faces up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud with up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gross proceeds of his fraud, whichever is greater.

On the charge of entry under false pretenses, Alexander faces up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a maximum fine of $250,000, per the indictment.

The Transportation Security Administration, whose Atlanta Field Office investigated Alexander, told WFOR-TV that “TSA is pleased to receive a guilty verdict.”

The agency said the crimes were personal profit and did not pose a security risk.

“While Alexander was able to board flights by fraudulently obtaining a boarding pass, he underwent all applicable TSA security procedures, including ID verification and physical screening, and did not pose a threat to other airline passengers.”

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.