Former agent Rita Hunter sentenced to prison
Former travel agent Rita Hunter has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to fraud.
The fraud related to flights and accommodation booked for clients which were not supplied or paid for.
Hunter, 63, of Sankey Road, Liverpool, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Wednesday morning.
She was sent to prison in April this year for not repaying tens of thousands of pounds she defrauded from The Advantage Travel Partnership.
She had admitted using former customers’ credit and debit card details to pay for new bookings through the consortium while directing money to her own accounts.
Hunter, who ran Hunters Travel in Liverpool, was ordered to pay £33,000 to the consortium and handed an 18-month suspended sentence in 2016 but after only paying back £250 was sentenced to six months in prison.