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A slick scammer who ran a fake airline ticket operation called ZonFly, swindling over 233,000 euros from hundreds of victims before they even boarded their flights, got a bizarre twist in his punishment: after initially facing 10 months in prison, he’s now serving just 240 hours of community service. The court sided with his appeal, citing his rehabilitation and the six-and-a-half-year delay since his first conviction — calling jail time too harsh now. His co-conspirator, who bought the company on paper right before the scam collapsed, got four months. The whole scheme started in 2015, and victims only realized the tickets were bogus when trying to check in — leaving them stranded and forced to pay sky-high replacement fees or scrap their trips.

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