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The fraud investigation into travel agency boss Francois Swart has been completed, the prosecutor told the Modimolle magistrate’s court on Friday.

Francois Swart is accused of selling non-existent holidays to tropical paradises. He claims he’s not guilty of fraud and had merely tried to service historic debt to customers, staff and suppliers when his business went under.

Swart is alleged to have defrauded would-be travellers of hundreds of thousands of rand in holiday trips that never materialised

Fourways travel agency boss Francois Swart was arrested during the festive season in connection with a criminal complaint filed against him for allegedly swindling travellers.

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Francois Swart is accused of taking payments from customers for holidays that never materialised. He appears to have gone into hiding.

A man now known as the Holiday Swindler is on the run after disappearing with thousands of rands from would-be holidaymakers.

Limpopo police are seeking information on the whereabouts of a Fourways man accused of defrauding many would-be holidaymakers of hundreds of thousands of rand.

The police in Limpopo have issued a warrant of arrest for Francois Swart, the managing director of travel agency Priority Escapes.

Most holidaymakers pay travel agents to take care of the admin when planning a holiday, but the challenge occurs when they fall victim to scams after spending thousands of rand on travel agents who don't keep their end of the bargain.