HARTFORD (CN) - Ted Wilkie and his three travel agencies offered bogus "free" trips to customers, then used high-pressure sales tactics to bully them into paying as much as $9,000 for memberships in a "discount travel service" that does not exist, the State of Connecticut claims in Superior Court.
The state sued Wilkie and Ameri-World Group, Ultimate Travel Network and Millennium Travel and Promotions. None of the customers every got free trips or airplane tickets and there were no such discounts, the state says.
Wilkie's travel agencies have operated since 2003 out of Rocky Hill, Conn. The state demands disgorgement, restitution, penalties and an injunction.
Subscribe to Closing Arguments
Sign up for new weekly newsletter Closing Arguments to get the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and hot cases and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world.
Additional Reads
-
EU gains trillions in revenue — and debt April 22, 2024 -
Alaska, Hawaiian Airlines April 17, 2024
-
-
Contributor-Test-Post-2024-04-12 April 12, 2024