June 13, 2003
From the desk of Jane Galt:Fraud Patrol
From Yahoo News:
BOSTON - A college freshman created a fake airline that offered bargain-priced tickets on flights between Honolulu and Los Angeles, authorities said Thursday.Posted by Jane Galt at June 13, 2003 8:13 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksLuke Thompson, of Yardley, Pa., incorporated Mainline Airways in Pennsylvania, established a business address in the Boston suburb of Wellesley and set up an elaborate Web site, according to Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly.
Thompson, who attends Babson College in Wellesley, offered fares as low as $89 one way between Los Angeles and Honolulu, Reilly said. Flights were to begin July 3, but Mainline had neither planes, crews nor the required permits and approvals as recently as a few weeks ago.
Don't miss my special internet deal, where I offer BMW sedans for $500. All major credit cards accepted, allow 6-8 weeks for delivery......
Makes me feel kinda dumb for my dumb-ass teenage pranks.
Whether this is really "fraud" remains to be determined. Maybe, as he says, he intended to act as a tour operator.
the only 'fraud' that occurs, it seems to me, is when an airline uses the word 'service' in one of its advertisements in a context that might lead some poor innocent reader to assume it will actually be provided...
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