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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

Con artist ‘posed as cruise ship captain’ to sell fake luxury holidays

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A con man who swindled victims out of £320,315 used to dress up as a ship’s captain in order to sell fake luxury holidays, a court has heard.

Jody Oliver, 33, wore a fake Carnival Cruise Line captain’s unifrom and used a bogus ID with the name “Captain Jonathan Flynn Oliver” when peddling cruise holidays that didn’t exist, prosecutors told Newport Crown Court last week week.

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