Spring Break Scam Still Haunting Students One Year Later
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Updated: 6:01 PM Mar 4, 2008
Spring Break Scam Still Haunting Students One Year Later
College students from Kentucky and Ohio are still without hundreds of dollars from a scam a year ago for a spring break trip that never happened.
Posted: 6:10 PM Mar 4, 2008
Reporter: Andy Cunningham
Email Address: andy.cunningham@wkyt.com
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Dozens of college students from Kentucky and Ohio say Tommy Case of Lexington promised them a trip of a lifetime, but he never delivered. Now, a year later some claim he still owes them money for bogus spring break vacations.

"Every time we called him, if he picked up the phone he would have some type of excuse every time," says Haley Scullin, a student at Ohio University.

For a year now, Scullin and her friends have waited for Tommy Case to refund the money they say he stole from them last March.

"The trip was like coming up within a week and we had no itinerary, tickets and no plane information, nothing," said Scullin.

She also says she's still out hundreds of dollars and she never made it to the Bahamas. Now, she and her friends just want their money back.

"I think he spent it," Scullin says.

27NEWSFIRST attempted to contact Tommy Case, but he didn't return our phone calls. However, his mother, Vicki Witt, did.

"A nightmare for all of us." She went on to say her son fell victim to an online scam.

Witt says her son used a company called Coastal Vacation. Witt says Case thought it was a legitimate business, but found out otherwise a little too late.

"He swore to me, Mom I don't have the money, I didn't just cash the money and spend it, I wired it to them," Witt said.

But Haley Scullin says it doesn't matter who used the money, it's still Case's responsibility to pay.

"We are taking this by storm, we want to everything we can to get our money back," Scullin said.

Vicki Witt still insists her son will pay back that money.

At this time no criminal charges have been filed against Case and both the Better Business Bureau and the Kentucky Attorney General's office have been contacted.


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Posted by: Donnie Location: Richmond KY on Mar 6, 2008 at 09:10 PM

Purchased a Durango from Tommy Case last May.Wrote him a check for 6 grand took the vehicle, was to meet at the Madison county courthouse the next day to transfer. Then Tommy's stories start. Lost title, In Florida ( his wifes grandmother has died 3 times since Iv'e been dealing with him ). Truth is durango has lein on it at a local finance place ( learned that one later ).Tag's ran out in September ( can't drive it anymore ) stay's parked in secure location. Wonder if Tommy's mom know's about this one ? The money was from my share of my parent's estate which Ive just lost both in the last couple of year's and I mentioned that to him in our dealing's ( how low ) Have recently met with Fayette couny attorney's office. Oh guess what Tommy you've finally met someone not scared of ya
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Posted by: whit Location: booneville on Mar 5, 2008 at 08:38 AM

tommy case if your reading this you shouldnt scam people if your going to at least let them know before hand if your going to, its all good in da hood!
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