San Diego Travel Agent Charged With Embezzling Funds for Canceled School Trips – NBC 7 San Diego
A San Diego-based travel agent has been charged with including hundreds of thousands of dollars paid by more than 150 parents for school trips that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marie Colette Martin, 52, is accused of spending the funds on personal expenses rather than refunding parents after the trips were cancelled.
She has pleaded not guilty to 27 felony counts of grand theft and seller of travel violations. Prosecutors allege more than $415,000 was included in total.
In a statement, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said, “More than 150 California families set aside their hard-earned money to…