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24 Feb Update
A man was arrested on February 22nd (Sunday) in connection with
an investigation into an allegation of fraud at ABTA. He has been
bailed to return to Marylebone Police Station on April 1, pending
enquiries.
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 Fraud
investigation
An ABTA (Association of British Travel Agents) employee
has been suspended pending a police investigation into fraud totalling
six-figures.
ABTA spokesman Sean
Tipton said “A member of staff was suspended last week due to a
six figure fraud relating to claims.” The alarm was raised when
an ABTA employee became suspicious about a consumer claim following
an agency failure. The suspicions were confirmed when proof of payment
offered by the claimants was shown to be defective. ABTA has now
called in the Metropolitan Police to help it investigate the claims
that it believes to be fraudulent.
Company "unaffected"
ABTA chief executive, Ian Reynolds said that despite receiving a
clean bill of health from an independent audit last year, a further
assessment of ABTA’s claims procedures will now be carried out.
He added "ABTA's financial standing will be unaffected by this incident,
as the money involved has already been accounted for, and we do
not expect there to be any impact on this year's financial statements."
[Source: Travelmole.com]
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