SEATTLE (AP) — A former agent at a Washington travel company was charged Friday with stealing nearly 3.7 million airline miles from high-end clients, then using them to buy plane tickets for herself and her family.

Karen Yeakel was fired from her job at Stellar Travel in Bellevue in June 2011, after discrepancies in the frequent-flier account of one of her top clients turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg, said company partner Susan Bluhm.

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