Overview
- He misappropriated nearly $40,000 in cash from onboard food and beverage sales between July 2023 and March 2025, according to court documents.
- Luqman Hakim Shahfawi, 31, pleaded guilty to one count involving more than $22,000, while a second charge covering nearly $18,000 will be considered at sentencing.
- As a complex leader, he tallied sales and was required to seal cash in Brinks bags and deposit them in a safe within 48 hours, but he kept the bags instead.
- Court records state he lost two Brinks bags in 2023 and did not report it, after which he continued retaining subsequent cash when supervisors did not confront him.
- Investigators said the money went to repay debts to unlicensed moneylenders; he later confessed, Scoot notified police on March 20, 2025, and he was arrested the next day.