Imagine going to the airport for an international trip, only to find your airline tickets don’t exist. Police are warning people about a Minneapolis travel agency that is accused of swindling perhaps dozens of people.
Nearly $1,800 later, Abdi Dualeh’s ailing mother in Kenya is still waiting to see him. He says he went to the airport four times, only to find no tickets existed.
Since Dualeh, more alleged victims have come forward, saying Amana Travel and Shipping in south Minneapolis never followed through.
Another victim tells 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS his uncle is out $4,800 and has not yet called police.
Police say seven cases have been reported, but they believe there may be more victims.
The owner of Amana Travel, Ali Mohamud, tells 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS over the phone that it’s all just a ‘misunderstanding’ and that reporting the story will destroy his business. He has not been arrested or charged. However, he wouldn’t meet with our reporters or police officers.
The Minneapolis Police Department is asking victims to call 311 in Minneapolis or (612) 673-2941.
I was traveling with two others to Somalia in 2006 and we made it as far as Dubai before we were told we could not get on the plane to Somalia. We made it into Somalia with the help of someone in the Somali government of Puntland. We ended up spending an extra $3,000-3,500 to continue our trip and make it back home to Minneapolis. We went back to Amana travel to get our money back for the travel mishap and they continued to put us off. We never got anything back from them.
i think its the time we need stand up and fight against those greed criminals that taking advantage of us. This is not the first time and its not going to be last time that those greedy criminals should harm us. We should build up a string case against them so they should surver more than we did. There is no way that can take our hardworking money and walk away. Give me a break i thought we were number 1 country a cross the globe, We need justice and justice will soon.