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> Cade hatched a plan to confront Mukharji at London's Heathrow Airport. At check-in, American agents detained Mukharji and escorted him to a private office.

What agents? Detained under whose jurisdiction?

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That whole affair sounds sordid. What was American Airlines thinking when they decided to detain, bribe, and extort third-parties in their private investigation?

And kudos to Murkharji for resisting AA's attempt to press a confession out of him to use against Vroom.

I was actually more freaked out by the fact that the company withheld flights and, essentially, blackmailed the customer into saying he payed for the ticket. I would have sued.

As a serious question, what would you actually try to accomplish by suing? Monetary gain or a morale one?

My motivation would be a punitive one for the company in question.

Airline security agents. It's doubtful that the passenger was required to follow them to the private office if he/she didn't want to, but it's also doubtful that the airline employees would have made this clear to him/her.

This definitely rubs me the wrong way. Coupled with the fact that they froze the (point) account of Sam Mulroy in an effort to get him to nark on Vroom is just so shady.

It was later revealed that Vroom was in fact violating the rules, but the ends don't justify the means. Sam Mulroy and Auyon Mukharji didn't do anything illegal that I'm aware of, so why were they being detained?

Very good point, I was also pretty freaked out by this bit

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