A man was arrested and charged for allegedly using a fraudulent boarding pass to board a United Airlines flight at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. According to a criminal complaint filed in Harris County, Abdulrahman Oluwatumike Oriyomi, 25, has been charged with impairing or interrupting the operation of a critical infrastructure facility in connection to an incident that happened in May. BREAKING: Major Security Breach at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport; 25-year-old Houston man Abdulrahman Oriyomi is facing felony charges after authorities say he slipped through TSA screening with a fake boarding pass and boarded a United flight to Los Angeles.… pic.twitter.com/xGbED2TrzF — Bethany O’Leary (@BethanyForTruth) June 5, 2026 Fox News shared further: Prosecutors later sought a $25,000 bond, arguing that the alleged incident delayed a flight carrying a full plane of passengers for approximately three hours and prompted responses from multiple agencies, including the Houston Police Department, the FBI, Houston Airports and the Transportation Security Administration. “The Defendant delayed a flight for 3 hours with a full plane,” prosecutors wrote in a motion reviewed by Fox News Digital. According to the complaint, Oriyomi entered Bush Airport and passed through a TSA checkpoint before attempting to board a flight bound for Los Angeles. Investigators allege Oriyomi first attempted to scan a boarding pass at one gate but was unsuccessful. He then walked through the airport before approaching another gate where United employees were checking passengers’ boarding passes. The complaint alleges Oriyomi waited until airline employees were distracted before proceeding down the jetway and boarding United Flight 469. A passenger told investigators Oriyomi initially sat next to her before moving around the aircraft. The witness later realized the seat had already been assigned to another passenger, according to the complaint. The aircraft had already begun taxiing away from the gate when flight attendants were notified that someone was inside a restroom on board. “I think this is a pretty significant breach, not just because of the fact that he ended up on the plane; it’s the multiple layers and failures to even get on the plane,” said former Secret Service agent Michael Matranga, according to PEOPLE. “They’re not paying attention to his diversionary tactics. They’re distracted, they’re not situationally aware,” Matranga continued. “At a very minimum, those agents who were directly involved and probably that whole cadre of agents at the airport need to be retrained on policy and consistency in policy,” Matranga added. Neither the TSA nor United Airlines are answering questions about how a man managed to sneak on board a plane at Bush Intercontinental Airport last month. https://t.co/vu2jif1rea — ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) June 7, 2026 PEOPLE has more: Since the flight was full, Oriyomi, whose reservation was previously canceled by the airline due to lack of payment, went on to hide in another bathroom at the back of the plane when a flight attendant knocked on the door to advise him to return to his seat. Eventually, after he allegedly asked to sit in the jump seats and identified himself as “Mr. Lopez,” flight attendants realized that there was no such passenger on their list. Once the Houston Police Department was notified, everyone on board the flight had to deplane and the aircraft was checked for any explosives. While Oriyomi was questioned the same day and given a trespass warning, charges were not filed until June 1, according to KTRK. Following an investigation, Oriyomi was arrested on Friday morning.