SINGAPORE — A woman who pretended to be a travel agent would lie to her clients by claiming that her mother was hospitalised or in an intensive care unit (ICU) for being unable to proceed with the travel plans she supposedly made for them.

S Leelavadi, 55, would seek her clients’ agreement to postpone or refund their trips, but would then disappear with the monies she was entrusted with for bookings.

The Singaporean, who did not have a valid travel agent’s license at the time, was sentenced to 20 weeks’ jail on Tuesday (10 August). She plans to appeal against her sentence.

She pleaded guilty to two counts under the Travel Agents Act and one count of criminal breach of trust, while another seven counts of a similar nature were considered for her sentencing…

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