Durham Police investigators from the Financial Crimes Unit have arrested and charged a 43-year-old female from Whitby after she fraudulently sold vacations.
The Financial Crimes Unit began an investigation in October 2020 after receiving reports that a female was impersonating a travel agent and was ‘kiting’. Kiting is a common type of fraud in the travel industry, where an agent collects cash payments from clients and doesn’t apply the money to the client’s vacation, but rather pockets the cash, said a police statement.
The female had been participating in this practice between 2011 and 2019, using a falsified TICO certificate and defrauded several travel agencies of more than $245,000. She owns travelher own travel business called ‘Travel Girl Inc.’ and has used over 21 aliases. She claims to specialize in group travel and destination weddings, police said.
The suspect was charged and released on an undertaking. Name, photo and further details available at www.drps.ca.
Police are appealing for any witnesses or victims to come forward. For a list of aliases click here.
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