Travel agent uses stolen credit cards to book cheap trips for clients, feds say
A Minnesota travel agent is accused of stealing credit card information, then booking trips for her clients and charging them a fraction of the price.
Reginae Calhoun, 23, pleaded guilty to access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to a May 22 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota.
McClatchy News reached out to Calhoun’s attorney for comment on May 27 but did not immediately hear back.
From April 2024 to June 2024, Calhoun “operated as a black-market travel agent,” prosecutors said.
Calhoun bought credit card information of about 216 victims on the dark web, officials said.
She then used the credit cards to book hotels and rental cars for people and charged them a fraction of the cost, prosecutors said.
On June 2, she tried to buy airline tickets with several stolen credit cards until the purchase went through, officials said. Because there were several attempts made, the airline reported the incident to airport police, and they confirmed Calhoun wasn’t authorized to use the cards, according to prosecutors.
“Calhoun stole hundreds of victim identities and used them to conduct a black-market travel agent fraud scheme—stealing from others to enrich herself. She will now be held accountable in federal court,” Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick said.
She is scheduled to be sentenced in September.
This story was originally published May 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM with the headline "Travel agent uses stolen credit cards to book cheap trips for clients, feds say."
