Fairfield travel agent sentenced to 9 years for defrauding South Asians

By Bay City News A Fairfield expedition agent has been sentenced to nine years behind bars for defrauding members of the South Asian region in Northern California state prosecutors reported Friday Related Articles Theranos felon Elizabeth Holmes loses again in court options for early freedom narrow State bar takes aim at popular Bay Area lawyer known for speaking out Ronn Owens daughter indicted in alleged Bachelor paternity fraud California attorney sentenced to prison for scamming investors out of million to finance lavish lifestyle Letters Trump s AmeriCorps cuts are not making America great Iqbal Singh Randhawa stole a total of according to a complaint by California Attorney General Rob Bonta Randhawa a former Fairfield council candidate who goes by Paul is listed as president of M K Trip Services Inc in his LinkedIn profile Between and more than a dozen casualties hired Randhawa to purchase airline tickets paying him between and each prosecutors stated Instead of buying the tickets Randhawa provided fraudulent itineraries and stole the funds Randhawa also committed over in credit card fraud using stolen credit information to buy legitimate airline tickets and selling them to paying customers to keep his excursion agency afloat the attorney general s office explained After two trials he was unveiled guilty of felony counts of grand theft by embezzlement and two felony counts of violating the Seller of Expedition laws prosecutors commented The court also determined several aggravating factors including the vulnerability of the casualties the notable financial losses involved and the callous nature of Randhawa s conduct the attorney general s office stated