A Fort McMurray travel agency at the Peter Pond Mall took payments for flights and hotels that were never booked. Seven years later, the RCMP issued a warrant. The people who found out first were standing at check-in counters far from home.
Shelley Simpson sold luxury holidays that were never booked, then used the next customer's deposit to cover the last customer's lie. On May 6, a Portsmouth judge called it a dance of deception and sent her to prison for 33 months.
By Elena Ruiz · May 7
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