A journey agent accused of ripping 16 prospects off and leaving them a whole bunch of hundreds of {dollars} out of pocket has been charged with making a number of allegedly fraudulent bookings.
Officers from St George Police Space Command in Sydney’s south established Strike Power Bail to research reviews a journey agent had allegedly didn’t honour bookings made by prospects.
NSW Police on Monday launched footage of the second Zahra Rachid was arrested.
Ms Rachid, who ran Journey World Sydney at Arncliffe, is accused of cancelling bookings made by prospects with out their information.
She allegedly didn’t situation any refunds, NSW Police stated.
The 53-year-old was arrested at a unit complicated on Mashman Ave, Kingsgrove on June 14.
She was taken to Kogarah Police Station and charged with 16 counts of dishonestly receive monetary benefit by deception.
The investigation was launched by police after the alleged fraudulent behaviour was reported by a number of individuals.
Amongst alleged victims is a girl named Nicole Vris, who informed Channel 9’s A Present Affair she used the journey agent to guide a visit to Greece with 34 of her relations.
“It’s very onerous to spherical everybody as much as go on a vacation on the identical time, it’s so onerous,” Ms Vris informed ACA.
Ms Vris had solely realised there was no reserving when she went to examine her flights with the airline and realised she had no affirmation of the reserving.
The household has allegedly misplaced $160,000, with some family members having to search out the cash to pay for brand new flights to Greece.
Different members are opting out of the journey as they will’t afford to pay twice, Ms Vris stated.
Ms Rachid was refused bail when she was arrested by police, showing at Sutherland Native Courtroom the identical day the place she was granted strict conditional bail.
She’s going to reappear in court docket on July 1.
Investigations beneath Strike Power Baile are persevering with.
