Travel agent accused of defrauding cruise customers
A court has heard how a travel agent specialising in Christian-themed holidays defrauded customers who booked a ‘Bible Lands Cruise’.
Bob Fleming, 62, is alleged to have ploughed the money into a Turkish hotel and then encouraged customers to extend their holidays to include a stay at the hotel instead of using booking fees to secure berths on the Thomson Spirit.
Fleming, the boss of Living Sun Holidays, of New Malden, denies two counts of fraudulent trading and two counts of engaging in misleading commercial practice and failing to provide evidence of a security, the London Evening Standard reported.