http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/...fake-disneyland-tickets-spared-jail-time.html
[doublepost=1490730811,1490730485][/doublepost]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mean-mum-who-conned-friends-10092563[....]
According to the Mirror, 28-year-old Ellie Catchesides sold several tickets to Disneyland Paris via her Facebook account. In all, Cathesides sold tickets to four people including a woman she had been friends with for 15 years.
Catchesides, a mother of three, claimed to have purchased the passes to the French tourist attraction but told followers she was unable to make the trek and would instead sell them for a reduced price. Those tickets – which were fake – were sold for 1,500 pounds (about $1,880).
One mother set up a JustGiving group for fraud victims upon discovery of the incident. Her evidence was used in Woolwich Crown Court when the case was heard March 21. Catchesides eventually admitted to four counts of fraud.
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Catchesides first claimed to be a victim of a fraud on her own and stated that she was “scared to leave her home” but she ultimately admitted to her role in the Disneyland scam.
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Catchesides was sentenced to complete 140 hours of unpaid work for her role in the scam but she will not be going to jail.