Calgary husband and wife charged in $200K fake travel agent scheme
Posted Feb 5, 2026 9:17 am.
Last Updated Feb 6, 2026 7:04 am.
A Calgary couple are facing charges after one allegedly posed as a travel agent and scammed would-be jetsetters out of thousands of dollars.
An investigation began in August, when a woman reported to police that she’d lost $1,900 to an alleged travel agent operating under thename I.N TravelPh.
Investigators say the travel agent had agreed via text message to book a vacation package for the woman on July 18, 2025.
When the woman contacted the resort to confirm her booking, she was told there was no reservation and no payment had been made. She tried to get a refund from the travel agent several times but was unsuccessful.
Later that month, police got more reports about the same travel agent.
Victims from Canada and the Philippines reported paying for travel services they never got. OMNI News spoke to a Calgary woman last year who claims she was bilked of more than $400,000 worth of purchased flights and vacation packages
In most cases, police say a payment was requested by e-transfer. After sending the money, the victims never got confirmation of their vacation or airfare bookings.
Police estimate the total loss is more than $200,000. Of those cases, four victims were based in Calgary and lost a combined $17,000.
As the investigation continued, police looked into I.N TravelPh’s finances. Investigators believe the travel agent’s husband’s bank account was being used for fraudulent transactions and money laundering.
Officers executed a search warrant last month at a home on 19 Avenue SE in Belvedere where they seized two cellphones, three iPads, and a Macbook. The pair were also arrested.
Jamaica Salvador, 33, is charged with defrauding a person over $5,000, use of a forged document, and laundering the proceeds of crime.
Her husband, 30-year-old Edrenz Lacaba, is charged with defrauding a person over $5,000 and laundering the proceeds of a crime.
Both are scheduled to make appearances in court in April.
Anyone who has been a victim of fraud is asked to contact police at 403-266-1234 or tip anonymously through CrimeStoppers.
