Peel police are appealing for more victims to come forward after an alleged airline ticketing scam left more than 100 people grounded.
Investigators for the force based west of Toronto are accusing Super Asia Travel Incorporated of offering discount overseas flights in newspaper ads that ran between July and December 2010.
Police say a representative from the company took money from customers and used fraudulent credit cards to buy airline tickets.
When the travellers tried to board their flights, their tickets were not honoured at the airport.
Investigators say they have located only 30 victims, located mainly in British Columbia and Ontario, and that more than $300,000 was paid to the travel company.
Talha Choudhry, 34, was arrested on Thursday in connection with the case. He is charged with 27 counts of fraud, defrauding the public, and several other fraud-related charges.
John Northcott of CBC News said the alleged scam used newspaper ads to advertise the tickets.
"You see a great deal and you give your credit card information and you get told you have a ticket when in fact you don't," Northcott reported.
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