Overview

• Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, a Russian man, was found guilty of sneaking onto a Denmark to Los Angeles flight without a ticket or passport.
• Ochigava was able to bypass security at Copenhagen Airport by following another passenger through the security checkpoint and then boarding the plane undetected.
• During the flight, Ochigava switched between unoccupied seats multiple times and managed to receive double meal portions from the flight crew.
• Upon landing in LA, officials took Ochigava into custody when they found he did not have a passport and wasn’t listed on the passenger manifest.
• Ochigava faces a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison and is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 5.