US authorities accuse a Canadian man of posing as airline staff to fly for free hundreds of times on US airlines

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• A Canadian man identified as Dallas Pokornik was charged with impersonating airline staff.
• Federal prosecutors allege Pokornik used fake airline IDs to fly hundreds of times for free.
• Pokornik was extradited from Panama to Hawaii and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Federal prosecutors charged a man with wire fraud, alleging a "Catch Me if You Can"-reminiscent scheme.

US Attorney Ken Sorenson said in a Tuesday press release...