Bogus travel agent faces long jail term for ‘too good to be true’ con
A travel agent has been warned she faces a “long prison sentence” after she admitted defrauding friends, family and hundreds of customers who bought holidays from her in a £2.6 million con.
Lyne Barlow, 39, who previously lived in Stanley, County Durham, was subject of a lengthy police investigation after victims came forward in 2020 to allege they had not received holidays they had paid for.
Appearing at Durham Crown Court, she admitted theft of £500,000 from one person, 10 counts of fraud and a money laundering charge totaling £1,688,220.
She also claimed to be suffering from a terminal illness



