Cumbria Police confirmed it has received a report today of an alleged fraud in the Cleator Moor area and officers are beginning their enquiries.
Chris Mahone, 27, of Cleator Moor, had been due to fly out to Ibiza for his stag do with 29 of his friends - who had each stumped up almost £450 to pay for the four-day trip.
The tale has gone viral on social media as well as local and national news.
A police spokesman said: "Cumbria Constabulary received a report at 10.35am today (Monday) regarding an alleged fraud that occurred in the Cleator Moor area. It is very early in this investigation and officers are beginning their enquiries."
Following the alleged incident, Mr Mahone took to Facebook to apologise to his friends.
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