Junaid Mirza

Central Brooklyn

Midwood Travel Agent Sentenced For Stealing $350,000 From Pakistani Customers

The block of Coney Island Avenue, near Glenwood Road, on which Pearl Travel was located. (Photo: Google Maps)Yesterday, a Midwood travel agent was sentenced to up to 6 years in prison for pocketing $350,000 from Pakistani immigrants for whom he was supposed to make travel arrangements to Mecca.

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Coney Island Ave Travel Agent Indicted For Stealing Over $350,000 From 25-Plus Pakistani Customers

The block of Coney Island Avenue, near Glenwood Road, on which Pearl Travel was located. (Photo: Google Maps)A local travel agent has been indicted for defrauding area taxi cab drivers, home health aides, postal workers and Uber drivers who paid for travel packages and plane tickets that never materialized.