San Diego Travel Agent Charged With Embezzling Funds for Canceled School Trips

A general view of the 3rd hole, Torrey Pines South Golf Course, site of the 2008 U.S. Open in La Jolla, Calif., on March 16, 2008. Donald Miralle/Getty Images

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego-based travel agent has been charged with embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars paid by more than 150 parents for school trips that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marie Colette Martin, 52, is accused of spending the funds on personal expenses rather than refunding them to parents after the trips were canceled.