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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. April 30 3008

By: Bryan Hill

Security News Magazine

www.privateofficer.com Some local high school students said they were tricked by an accused scam artist.
Authorities say that three Riverdale High School students said they made payments to Cynthia Anderson for a trip that was supposed to be scheduled for the end of May.
Anderson is also accused of taking money from some LaVergne students using the same method the Riverdale students said she used. And police investigators believe that there may still be other victims in the metro Nashville area or beyond.
The Riverdale students say that they have given Anderson $700 a piece as payments on a trip to Jamaica.
Anderson said she worked as an independent marketing agent for Yourtravelbiz.com.
She said her job was to serve as a booking agent and the more trips she booked, the more money she would get from the company, but the company has no records of Anderson scheduling any trip or any money.
Police said they are looking for Anderson in connection with the accusations.
The alleged scam may have affected more than just LaVergne and Riverdale high schools. Anderson had reportedly approached every high school in Rutherford County with the same offer.
Police want to know how the teens were picked as her targets and they are investigating if she has any accomplises in her scheme.

This is the second case this week involving students being promised great trips and then being scammed out of their money. In the first incident, a subsitute teacher in Douglas Georgia collected nearly $7500.00 from high school students with intentions of stealing their money police say.

Christy Wise, 39 of the metro Atlanta area was arrested in that case.

Police say these incidents are not related but warn students and their parents to check out the information about the trip more carefully before giving anyone their money.

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Teacher arrested in student trip scam www.privateofficer.com

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DOUGLAS, Ga. April 29 2008

By: Rick McCann

Ntl. Assoc. Private officers

www.privateofficer.com— Authorities say that they had been notified by numerous people of a possible scam involving a subsitute teacher and a trip to Florida.

After looking into the allegations authorities say that a Coffee County High School substitute teacher has been arrested in what police now say appears to be a scheme to bilk money from students promised a trip to Disney World.

Police investigators have charged 39-year-old Christy Wise with theft by conversion after they say that she collected more than $7,400 from students for their senior trip but never booked the reservations.

Investigators say that they have learned that nearly 50 students toting suitcases and bags lined up outside Coffee County High on Friday waiting to start their vacation, but the bus never came and Wise never showed up.

Police believe Wise never had any intentions of scheduling the trip.

Police located Wise and took her into custody charging her with several felonies and booked her into the county jail.

An official at the Coffee County Jail said Wise posted bond and was released Sunday.

The amount of the bond was not immediately known.It is not known if police were able to recover any of the money from wise after her arrest.

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