ORLANDO, Fla. — Police said a woman with access to hundreds of rental cars stole a dozen of them off an airport lot and confessed after she was arrested for the scheme.
Stacey Seda had access to the inventory system at the Hertz counter at Orlando International Airport and could mark vehicles out of inventory so she and her friends could use them as their own, investigators said.
One traveler thought it was amazing that Seda was able to take cars like a Toyota Sienna, RAV4 and Camaro off the lot.
"I think it's incredible. Why would she do something like that?" traveler Deanna Gigliotti said.
According to her arrest papers, Seda position allowed her to manipulate inventory and hide vehicles that had been returned from contracts. She also had an access card to bypass security.
"You would think somebody would be watching what's going on. Twelve cars gets stolen? It's insane," traveler Anthony Gigliotti said.
Four of the vehicles have been found, but investigators said there are possibly nine others still on the street and Hertz officials couldn't say whether they were equipped with cameras or trackers to help find them.
The manager of the Hertz counter said he could not comment on the incident.
Police believe Seda stole $120,000 worth of vehicles.
"I'm just amazed that they're able to get away with their inventory. It makes me wonder how secure it is if they can just steal it and then can't find the vehicles," traveler Darlene Hall said.
Channel 9 is working to find out the makes and models of the vehicles that haven't been recovered yet.
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