Travel agent fraudster jailed after £16,000 false claim
A fraudster has been jailed after using his position at a travel agents to make a £16,000 false travel insurance claim.
As well as making the false claim on a trip to Las Vegas, Simon Dinham also used his job to steal £53,000 from customers by taking their money and not booking their agreed flights.
On Friday he was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court for abusing his position as director at Thomas William Travel.
Dinham, 31, of Colombo Crescent, Weston Super Mare, pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by abuse of position and one count of fraud by false representation.
He was sentenced to eight months in prison.