Ticket Agent Busted in Fake Voucher Scam

Former Continental Airlines ticket agent Victoria Scardigno is due in court today on a charge of wire fraud for allegedly making over $1 million by selling travelers fake free-travel vouchers. The Newark Liberty International Airport agent allegedly printed fake vouchers that are normally given to customers whose flights were cancelled. Scardingo would sell the fake vouchers to customers for as much as $600 each, and used the profits to pay off her credit card debt and go on a $15,000 shopping spree at Louis Vuitton. The Daily News reports that she covered her tracks by using some of her profits to buy certain victims real tickets.

However, that plan backfired. The Post reports that she had to spend nearly $600,000 to buy tickets for travelers who couldn't redeem the vouchers she sold them. Scardingo was fired by Continental in December after they learned of the scam. If convicted today she could face up to 20 years in prison.