Bartlett travel agent stole over $100,000 from clients: prosecutors
By Sun-Times Media Wire
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Bartlett-based travel agent allegedly stole more than $100,000 from clients and gave them fake tickets in return.
Ultimate Travel owner Colleen Kosiek pocketed money intended to pay for travel arrangements between April 2017 and March 2019, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office.
One couple was given falsified airline reservations from Chicago to Panama City to Santiago and back to Chicago, prosecutors said.
A DuPage County Grand Jury returned a 42-count indictment against Kosiek Jan. 21, on charges of continuing financial crimes, financial institution fraud and identity theft, among others.
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A Bartlett-based travel agent allegedly stole more than $100,000 from clients and gave them fake tickets in return.
Ultimate Travel owner Colleen Kosiek pocketed money intended to pay for travel arrangements between April 2017 and March 2019, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office.
One couple was given falsified airline reservations from Chicago to Panama City to Santiago and back to Chicago, prosecutors said.
A DuPage County Grand Jury returned a 42-count indictment against Kosiek Jan. 21, on charges of continuing financial crimes, financial institution fraud and identity theft, among others.
Kosiek, 50, of Carol Stream, turned herself into police Monday and posted the $10,000, necessary to be released from custody.
CHICAGO (WLS) A Bartlett travel agent has been charged with stealing more than $100,000 from her clients, according to DuPage County prosecutors.
Colleen Kosiek is charged with multiple felonies including Continuing Financial Crimes Enterprise, Financial Institution Fraud, Identity Theft, Aggravated Identity Theft, Forgery and Theft. In total, a DuPage County grand jury returned a 42-count indictment against Kosiek in January.
Kosiek owned Ultimate Travel in Bartlett. Two years ago the ABC7 I-Team investigated her business after families said they paid her to book their dream vacations, only to have reservations not booked properly or, in some cases, overpay. Ultimate Travel s attorney disputed claims or said people had been credited.