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Two Individuals Allegedly Tied to a Cybercrime Crew have a HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR TheFT OF THE MORE THAN 900 CONCERT TICKETS, The Majority of Wich Were for Taylor Swift’s Eras.
The QUEENS DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Charged Tyrone Rose and Shamara Simmons for Their Involvement in An Alleged Scheme in Whoye Exploited A Loophole Thouhub. Accorging to the proseCutors, they intercepted already-Sold Ticket Urls by Accessing the Company’s Network and Reseld Them.
The Duo, Who Return to Court On Friday to Enter Their Plea, Were Charged On Feb. 27 with Grand Larceny, Computer Tampering and Conspiracy. They Face SentenCes of Three to 15 Years in Prison if Convicted. The Investigation Was Referred to Referred to ProseCutors by Stubhub, WHICH DIDNN’T IMMEDIATELY Respond to a Request for Comment.
From June 2022 to July 2023, Roughly 350 Stubhub Orders for Nearly 1,000 Tickets Were Stolen the Cybercrime Crew, Some of Whom Worked For Sutherland, A Third Party CONTRACT. They used their Access to Stubhub’s Computer System to Find a Backdoor Into the Network WHERE SOLD TICKETS WERE Given a URL and QUEED TO BE EMAILED TO THE PURCHASER The Stolen URLS THEN EMAILED TO OHERS INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME WHO DOWNLAADED THE TICKETS AND REASOLD THEM ON STUBHUB. They Allegedly Made Over $ 600,000.
Most of the Tickets Were for High-Profile Artists, Including Swift, Adele and Ed Sheeran, As Well As Nba Games and The Us Open Tennis Championships.
The Investigation Remains Ongoing to Determin the Extent of the Scheme and Other Participants. In their Announcement, ProseCutors Referred to Accomplices, One of Whom Remains Unappprehened and Another Whom Is Now Deceded.
In a statement, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz SAID, “Account to the Charges, These Defendants Tried Tose The Popularity of Taylor Swift’s Concert Tour and Prof. Expensive of Others. ”
AVERAGE TICKET PRICES FOR SWIFT’S ERAS TOUR WAS $ 529, Accounting To Live Event Ticketing Technology Company Victory Live. The Priciest Locations Were at Indianapolis ($ 3,071), Miami ($ 2,578) and Vancouver, Canada ($ 2,952).
Over The Course of 21 Months, The Tour Sold a Total of $ 2,077,618,725 in Tickets.