admits cut-price holidays scam: "A holiday provider from north west London whose cut-price cash deals helped families go on luxury trips abroad has been given a suspended jail sentence after the bargains were found to be based on fraud.
Unsuspecting customers flocked to buy tickets from Kofi Acheampong after rumours spread like 'wildfire' that he was selling them for a third off the usual price.
Up to 100 email tickets were purchased and successfully used by holidaymakers to travel to destinations such as Spain and Egypt. Typically a two-week package in Sharm el-Sheikh costing £3,000 would be sold by Acheampong for £2,000.
Travellers were led to believe they were benefiting from discounts provided to travel company members of staff, the Old Bailey heard. But in fact the holidays were paid for using stolen credit card details, with £126,670-worth of tickets illegally purchased before the fraud was discovered.
When it was found out, a number of travellers who had bought tickets had to be intercepted by police at airports before they could board flights."

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