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Pune: Two travel agencies duped of Rs 62 lakh in air ticket scam | Pune News

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PUNE: The cyber police on Monday registered a case against online fraudsters for allegedly duping two prominent people travel agencies of Rs 62 lakh between April 16 and 17 by fraudulently using their prepaid account details to book flight tickets.The cyber police have registered cases of cheating and common intention, and also invoked relevant sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act against the accused. According to senior inspector of the cyber police, Meenal Patil, the two travel agencies book air tickets in three private airlines for their clients. “They also book tickets on government airlines. For this purpose, they have…

Hundreds of travel agents close down amid coronavirus pandemic, others barely survive

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Miriam Henry was on a five-and-a-half-month travel adventure when she felt sick in late March. Key points: Travel agents are one of the worst-hit sectors in the COVID crisis and the industry is calling for $250 million in Federal Government support Many have seen revenue plummet by over 100 per cent, while others have exited all together There is hope international travel bans will ease, bringing much needed business back “About a week out from coming home I started to get a small cough which I thought was something I normally get in the winter.” Miriam’s travel agent Linda Forster…