Ark. AG: Judge orders travel agent to pay $4M

Published May 30, 2013 9:46pm ET



LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Attorney General Dustin McDaniel says a judge ordered a travel agent to pay more than $4 million in penalties and restitution after he allegedly took money without providing a promised trip to Hawaii for two Arkansas marching bands.

McDaniel’s office said Thursday that a Pulaski County judge ordered Ope Saaga to pay more than $400,000 in restitution and $3.86 million in civil penalties.

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