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Man scams Delta out of 42 million reward miles, worth $2m

NEW YORK: A manager at a

Chicago

travel agency has been charged with “illegally reaping” more than 42 million Delta Air Lines miles worth almost $2 million by registering customers as employees on the airline's business rewards programme.

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The US justice department said on Friday that Gennady Podolsky, a Ukrainian and American citizen and managing partner and travel agent at Vega International Travel

Services

Inc, was charged with 12 counts of wire fraud on Wednesday. Seth Kirschenbaum, an attorney representing Podolsky, said his client’s conduct was “not fraudulent” and that allegations that the conduct was illegal are “simply wrong”.
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