New York City Man Boards A United Flight To The Bahamas With His Girlfriend’s Family. Then He Gets Arrested And Detained For 3 Days At The Airport

A New York City man was about to board a United Flight to the Bahamas with his girlfriend’s family only to be arrested moments before taking off. Not only was he arrested, the man spent three days in jail while they were trying to figure out the situation. 

Content creator and Jeweler Tyler Mikorski (@Vookum) reveals how he ended up being arrested and the whole saga that it entailed.

The TikTok series went viral with over 4 million combined views as of this writing and the full, recent YouTube video has more than 541,000 views. 

“I was arrested and held for three days,” Mikorski begins. 

Mikorski shares how he was getting ready to depart to the Bahamas with his girlfriend’s family but was interpreted by a few cops. While waiting in line to board, the cops insisted Mikorski turn around and put his hands around his back. Mikorski complied and was put into chuffs. 

The cops didn’t say why, but they took him to another location within the airport.

Mikorski says he was confused and mentioned how he hasn’t done anything wrong. At this new location while cuffed to the chair, he says, the cops finally reveal what he’s arrested for. 

“The reason you have been arrested is because you have a grand larceny charge in the state of Florida. Over $5,000 and under $10,000,” the cops shared. 

Wait, what is grand larceny?

It’s the “unlawful taking of property” such as high-priced items or big-ticket items like cars or motorcycles.

Mikorski explains that essentially the grand larceny is stealing over $5,000 worth of stuff and someone filing a civil suit. The cop informs Mikorski that there is a warrant for the arrest and that he was just caught trying to flee the country. 

Now Mikorski is a high-end jeweller dealer and knows people often will impersonate him on Facebook Marketplace and Telegram to sell jewelry. He wasn’t stressed considering this was probably a scammer impersonating him… until the State of Florida notified New York that they want him to appear in person at court. 

He’s transported out of the airport holding area, where he spent the day, and is moved to Essex County Correctional Facility that night.

The next day, Mikorski calls his business manager where they found out a scammer on Facebook Marketplace charged someone $6,000. The person in Florida who got scammed filed a report with his local police department against Mikorski. The judge then put a warrant out for his arrest. 

“Some [expletive] moron was dumb enough to see a watch 50% off of what it should’ve been and believed it. Sent the money and never got the product. Which I tell everybody, don’t do [expletive] business on Facebook. It was on [expletive] Facebook Marketplace where the person got scammed,” Mikorski reveals. 

The fake account ended up landing Mikorski in jail for three days. “They can take your freedom at any moment. There was no research done or anything and they just put a warrant out for my [expletive] arrest,” he shares. 

The charges were dropped due to impersonation, but this landed him three days in jail. Luckily, they were able to prove that he wasn’t the right guy and didn’t have to go to Florida. 

How Common Are Scammers On Facebook Marketplace?

Considering Mikorski ended up being booked for three days, he wants nothing to do with Facebook Marketplace and urges others to do the same. As scammers can run rampant, Mikorski even spells out in his Vookum profile bio to watch out for scammers on Facebook and Telegram. 

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported having $12.5 billion fraud claims in 2024 and this was a 25% increase from the year prior.  

“The second highest reported loss amount came from imposter scams, with $2.95 billion reported lost,” per the FTC.

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) found Facebook and Instagram to be the main platforms where consumers lost money. These Meta-owned platforms made up 70% of the fraudulent cases. 

Scammers do this by using existing product images, landing pages, or creating content around a product and making their own listening on Facebook. This creates confusion with the customer as they believe they are interacting with the business and not a scammer. 

With this knowledge, it’s best to practice safe buying tips when using Facebook Marketplace. Be wary of new profiles, too-good-to-be-true prices, and any seller pushing fast transactions on you. 

When trying to spot a fake profile, analyze the profile, look for reviews, ask questions and trust your instincts.

‘I Just Did A 5-Year Bid Listening To This…’

Viewers went to the comment section to express frustration over how long this story took to tell on social media.

“Bozo gets scammed by Vookum impersonator online, calls cops thinking it was the real Vookum, Vookum gets arrested at the airport while going on vacation to the Bahamas. Saved ya 40min,” one recapped.

“Feel like I just did a 5 year bid listening to this story,” another added.

“So the man who sells time, was doing time,” a third shared. 

While others implied that Vookum should pursue legal action against the police department and judge.

“I hope your lawyer will come after the judge and detective for making a wrongful arrest and compensate you,” one commented. 

“Judges can’t be sued,” another replied. 

“Sue them, don’t let them get away with this injustice,” another added. 

“Unfortunately the detective has qualified immunity and the judge has absolute immunity, but you can still sue the town or city and the city might settle with you since you’re a well-known guy and they won’t want the bad press showing how dumb and lazy their detectives are,” one responded back.

We have contacted Mikorski via Instagram and TikTok direct message. We will update this story if he replies. 

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