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Launched at New Scotland Yard on the 20th February 2009 PROFiT is a coalition of travel industry partners working together to eliminate fraud in the travel industry. Working closely with the Metropolitan Police through its initiative Operation Sterling the aim of the group is to cut fraud out of the industry by offering advice and setting minimum standards.

Operation Neon

Operation Neon - The Travel Industry and the Metropolitan Police working together.

PROFiT successfully worked with the Metropolitan Police to convict four serial fraudsters in 2008. Christakis Philippou, Timothy Entwistle, Peter Kemp and Evangelia Liogka all received substantial prison sentences for their roles in the running of 5 businesses between 2004 and 2006.

The companies named in this case were:

    Ciao Travel trading under the name Sun [2004] - 2035 victims, losses 1.8 million

    Onshine trading under the name Sunsplash [2005] - losses 1.8 million

    Grayrise Associates trading under the name Elite Travel [2005] - losses 1.7 million

    Orange Sun Ltd trading under the names holidays4under200pound.com, unbeatableholidays.com [2006] - losses 620,000

    Sun Orient trading under the name sunmed-resorts.com [2006] - no losses as police action taken.
Passing sentence Judge Andrew Goymer said all four had taken part in "what I can only describe as a cynical and greedy fraud".

Operation Neon reports:

BBC : TTG : Daily Record : Met Police : ABTA : Which : Daily Mail