LoginTicket scammer pleads guilty
A fraudster who offered tickets online has been fined and given a suspended sentence
Posted 30 July 2024 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Crime|West Midlands
UPDATES: A bogus Facebook travel business left victims thousands of pounds out of pocket after selling non-existent flights. Dudley Trading Standards traced the money to the offender's personal account, leading to guilty pleas for theft and money laundering and a suspended prison sentence.
An online flight ticket scammer who stole money from at least one victim has been given a 48-week suspended prison sentence following a prosecution by Dudley Trading Standards.
Muhammed Awais Raja from Shipley, West Yorkshire, was involved in a bogus ticket company operating on Facebook as ‘Sunshine Travels’. In 2020 a consumer from Dudley saw an advert for flights offered by 'Sunshin...
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