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Timeshare king David Siegel wears down sales agents he decided not to pay
RoomsSales agents who were cheated out of their commissions by a marketing group owned by self-professed timeshare king David Siegel told a judge Monday that they are tired of fighting for their pay and would like to approve a proposed settlement agreement that would give many of them less than half of what they are [...]
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Man faces 31 years in prison for fabricating tour operator and scamming elderly tourists
DestinationsA Livonia man faces 9 felonies for running a travel scam that ripped off at least 100 Michiganders, most of them senior citizens, the Michigan Attorney General’s office announced today.
Kenneth Second, 44, of Livonia, ran Timeway Tours, a company that …
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King of timeshares: Too poor to pay sales agents, rich enough to build world’s biggest McMansion
RoomsDavid Siegel, a timeshare mogul who has boasted on national television of his wealth and plans to build America’s most opulent home, might have to explain to a judge why he shouldn’t have to pay past-due commissions owed to hundreds of area workers who sold units at his Westgate Resorts property along Ocean Boulevard here. [...]
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Unemployed Italian man arrested in Turin after posing as pilot and flying in cockpit
TransportItalian police describe it as a real-life sequel to “Catch Me If You Can,” the hit movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the true story about an ingenious con artist masquerading as a commercial airline pilot. An unemployed 32-year-old Italian man was stopped at Turin’s Caselle airport on suspicion he successfully used false IDs, a cap [...]
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Email phishing scam uses Booking.com name to swipe personal data
DigitalWeb users risk having personal data swiped by a virus attached to emails that purport to come from hotel reservations agency booking.com. Non-users and clients of the site have reported rogue emails apparently sent by booking.com’s customer service team, in some cases appearing to confirm bookings.
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How to beat 10 common travel scams
SkiftXIf you think only suckers get fooled by travel scammers, think again. Vacation ripoff artists are working overtime to separate you from your hard-earned money.
