Jordan Dittloff: Criminal who ripped off nearly $280,000 from customers and ... trends now
A convicted fraudster who stole almost $280,000 from customers of his travel company is hoping to get elected to Australia's parliament where he claims politicians 'steal from the Australian people every day'.
Jordan Dittloff, 35, stole $277,993 from 47 customers through his company Ace Travel, based in Colac, around 150km south-west of Melbourne, between July 2014 and May 2015.
Dittloff took payments from holiday-goers for flights, hotels and tours while working at Ace Travel in Colac and even printed fake itineraries - but never completed the bookings.
One of his victims was his then-fiancée's mother, who had saved up for her trip-of-a-lifetime by sewing and knitting.
Dittloff served over two years in prison and has only paid back a couple of his victims.
Yet, he now plans to stand as a candidate for the Libertarian Party at the next federal election, likely to be held early next year.
Jordan Dittloff, 35, stole $277,993 from 47 customers through his company Ace Travel, based in Colac, around 150km south-west of Melbourne, between July 2014 and May 2015 (pictured, outside court at the time)
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Well that's one way to make an impression! Travel agent duped dozens of customers including his future MOTHER-IN-LAW out of almost $280,000 by booking fake holidays
'There'll be many people in the Colac community who are rightly sceptical,' Mr Dittloff admitted to A Current Affair.
'But my past and my mistakes in the past don't excuse the situation we have in Canberra at the moment.
'I think there are a lot of people in Canberra who steal and harm from the
