Priority Escapes managing director Francois Swart.
Gerhard van den Berg was due to go on holiday in November and would have stayed at the Maldives' five-star Cinnamon Velifushi Hotel for seven days, all-inclusive.
Instead, Van den Berg’s dream 40th birthday vacation turned to dust when Fourways travel agency Priority Escapes allegedly made off with the R115 000 he paid them.
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