County Durham journey agent charged with 18 counts of fraud and cash laundering

A journey agent has been charged with 18 counts of fraud and cash laundering totaling greater than £1.6 million, police have mentioned.

Lyne Barlow, 39, who beforehand lived in Stanley, County Durham, was arrested in September 2020. She is suspected of duping a whole bunch of consumers following an investigation into allegations surrounding discounted holidays.

Durham Police mentioned she has been charged with 18 counts of fraud regarding vacation gross sales, loans and investments. She confronted an extra cost of cash laundering, totaling greater than £1.6 million.

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Barlow’s journey enterprise is not operational and its social media web page has been taken down. Durham Police mentioned: “A number of hundred alleged victims have come ahead and have been up to date of the costs through e-mail or publish.”

Barlow has since moved away from the world, however will seem at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Courtroom on September 5.

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