# Crooked travel agent funds luxury holidays with customers' money after jail release > Travel agent Rebecca Waterfall used customers' money for luxury trips after being freed from jail over £10,000 scam. - Title: Crooked travel agent funds luxury holidays with customers'… - Summary: Travel agent Rebecca Waterfall used customers' money for luxury trips after being freed from jail over £10,000 scam. Rebecca Waterfall, 37, admitted using… - Keywords: rebecca waterfall, travel agent, fraud, luxury holidays, customers, jail, scam, cheshire travel agency, suspended sentence, money laundering, news, entertainment - Source: Dailymail — https://dailymail.com/news/article-16248769/Crooked-travel-agent-funded-luxury-foreign-holidays-customers-money.html?ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490&ns_mchannel=rss - Published: 2026-10-29T15:40:40+00:00 - Read time: 2 min - Topics: rebecca waterfall, travel agent, fraud, luxury holidays, customers, jail, scam, cheshire travel agency, suspended sentence, money laundering, news, entertainment ## Rebecca Waterfall 37-year-old travel agent Rebecca Waterfall admitted using customers' money to fund luxury holidays after being freed from jail over £10,000 scam. > Rebecca Waterfall, 37, conned bosses out of more than £10,000 while working at a Cheshire travel agency ## Scam details Waterfall used customers' bank card details to pay for luxury holidays for herself, including a £3,467 hotel trip. > She was motivated by wanting to give her family a 'nice life', Manchester Magistrates' Court was told ## Previous fraud Waterfall previously stole £5,250 from a family for a Disney World trip using her employer's credit card. > They had handed £5,250 to Waterfall but were left out of pocket after they learned she was a scammer ## Suspended sentence Waterfall was initially spared jail but breached her suspended sentence by using customers' money for luxury holidays. > She was eventually exposed after booking a holiday to Antalya, in Turkey, using one customer's bank card details ## Court admission Waterfall admitted to five new fraud counts after using customers' money for luxury holidays on Facebook. > She was caught using customers' money to fund her own luxury breaks again, a court heard today ## Motivation Waterfall claimed she wanted to show her family she had the means for a 'nice life'. > She was trying to show her family she had the means to give them a nice life ## Money laundering Waterfall laundered £3,530 into a third-party account after stealing customers' money. > Waterfall also laundered £3,530 into a third-party account ## Previous convictions Waterfall had previous convictions for fraud and was in court in 2017 for a similar scam. > Waterfall has previous convictions for fraud and was previously in court in 2017 ## 2017 court case In 2017, Waterfall was found guilty of using her employer's credit card for a Disney World trip. > They had handed £5,250 to Waterfall but were left out of pocket after they learned she was a scammer ## 2019 sentence Waterfall received a nine-month sentence after breaching her suspended sentence in 2019. > A nine-month sentence was activated in 2019 after she breached the terms of a suspended sentence ## 2021 admission Waterfall admitted to five additional fraud counts in 2021 after using customers' money for luxury holidays. > Waterfall admitted a further five counts of fraud in 2021 ## Current case Waterfall is now facing sentencing after admitting to new fraud and money laundering charges. > They opted to send the case to Manchester Crown Court, where she will be sentenced next month ## Victim impact Some victims received text messages claiming there were 'errors' in their payments. > Some victims received text messages telling them there had been 'errors' and the payments would go on their holidays ## Fraud method Waterfall used customers' bank card details to book trips abroad for herself. > Once she had obtained customers' bank card details, Waterfall instead used them to pay for trips abroad for herself ## 2018 fraud In 2018, Waterfall used a customer's credit card to book a £1,400 holiday to Menorca. > She had used a customer's credit card to book a luxury £1,400 holiday to Menorca while working at a Manchester hotel in 2018 ## 2023 fraud Waterfall was charged with seven counts of fraud by false representation and one count of money laundering between January and May 2023. > Waterfall previously pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud by false representation and one count of money laundering between January and May 2023 ## Key takeaway Rebecca Waterfall, 37, admitted using customers' money to fund luxury holidays after being freed from jail over £10,000 scam.