Fraudster given suspended jail term after booking flights with stolen card
A criminal who attempted to defraud Jet2 has been given a 14-month suspended jail sentence and ordered to do 180 hours unpaid work.
Kurtis Mulvaney, aged 30, of Salford, was also ordered by Manchester Crown Court to repay Jet2.com and Jet2holidays £10,000 after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation.
Between March 2013 and April 2016, Mulvaney used credit cards that did not belong to him to buy £15,000 of airline tickets and holidays with both companies, as well as with another airline.
The Jet2.com and Jet2holidays fraud specialists discovered that a credit card had been used fraudulently to make bookings and alerted Greater Manchester Police.
Mulvaney was arrested at Manchester Airport when he tried to check in for a Jet2.com flight to Palma using a compromised credit card.
Jet2 chief executive Steve Heapy said: "This is welcome news in the fight against fraudsters, and sends out a strong message to anyone who thinks they can get away with it.
"I would like to pay tribute to our fraud department who work tirelessly to prevent this type of deception taking place, and who work closely with police forces across the UK, such as GMP, to stamp it out."
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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