Travel agent charged with scamming Delta out of 42m reward miles
A manager at a Chicago travel agency has been charged with "illegally reaping" more than 42m Delta Air Lines miles worth more than US$1.75m by registering customers as employees on the airline's business rewards program. The US Justice Department said Friday that Gennady Podolsky, a managing partner and travel agent at Vega International Travel Services Inc, was charged with 12 counts of wire fraud Wednesday. An attorney representing Podolsky said his client's conduct with Delta's loyalty program was "not fraudulent" and that allegations that the conduct was illegal are "simply wrong." Podolsky registered clients as employees on Delta's SkyBonus program, which provides rewards to businesses when their employees travel, to earn miles off the flights he booked for them, the Justice Department statement said. <br/>
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Travel agent charged with scamming Delta out of 42m reward miles
A manager at a Chicago travel agency has been charged with "illegally reaping" more than 42m Delta Air Lines miles worth more than US$1.75m by registering customers as employees on the airline's business rewards program. The US Justice Department said Friday that Gennady Podolsky, a managing partner and travel agent at Vega International Travel Services Inc, was charged with 12 counts of wire fraud Wednesday. An attorney representing Podolsky said his client's conduct with Delta's loyalty program was "not fraudulent" and that allegations that the conduct was illegal are "simply wrong." Podolsky registered clients as employees on Delta's SkyBonus program, which provides rewards to businesses when their employees travel, to earn miles off the flights he booked for them, the Justice Department statement said. <br/>
