[UPDATE, July 25, 2017: Barrett received a suspended sentence of 15 months, according to reports.]

Former Flight Centre agent Vanessa Barrett this month pleaded guilty to defrauding Australia's Northern Territory of more than AU$110,000 by falsely inflating travel invoices. Barrett is one of more than a dozen agents Northern Territory police have investigated during the past few years for alleged fraudulent activity related to a government pensioner travel program, according to media . . .

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