Former WestJet employee has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraud

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Former WestJet employee has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraud

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Actual prison time...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ ... -1.4921713

WestJet employee sentenced to prison for defrauding airline of $145K in travel credits

A former WestJet employee has been sentenced to two years in prison and will have to pay $15,000 in restitution for fraudulently issuing $145,000 in travel credits for the airline.

Terance Gough was sentenced Monday in Calgary for fraud for issuing travel credits to friends between 2012 and 2015 while he worked in guest relations.

He had pleaded guilty earlier this month after a plea deal was arranged between the defence lawyer and prosecutor.

Gough's defence lawyer said his client addressed the court during sentencing to express remorse.

In his job, Gough was responsible for resolving customer complaints and had the ability to issue travel credits for up to $350 if a person's complaint was valid.

An internal investigation found he had issued credits to people who had not complained to the company or even travelled with WestJet.

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Re: Former WestJet employee has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraud

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He probably just got so sick of everyone he met asking "oh you work at Westjet, can you get me free flights"? So one day he just snapped and started saying yeah, here you go. :)
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