NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors in New York City say they’ve indicted 10 people who ran a fraudulent India-to-U.S. travel business, bilking 200 customers out of $1 million.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. says Friday that for more than two years the travel agents advertised in Indian-American publications offering tickets to India.
But he says after depositing the checks of customers into personal accounts, they used stolen credit card information to buy tickets.
When the unsuspecting ticket-holders then arrived at airports, they weren’t allowed to travel because the fraudulently obtained tickets were cancelled.
Vance says the victims included a seven-month pregnant woman, a family that missed a relative’s wedding and someone else visiting a sick father in India.
The travel agents are charged with grand larceny, identity theft and scheme to defraud.
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