A Jamaican is among two arrested and charged with second-degree grand larceny, first and fourth-degree computer tampering, and fourth-degree conspiracy in New York in connection with the theft of some 1,
Prosecutors say the conspirators used the popularity of the pop star's Eras Tour to make an "extraordinary profit."
Ex-employees of a former StubHub vendor allegedly redirected and resold nearly 1,000 concert tickets for Taylor Swift, Adele and Ed Sheeran, among others.
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour may very well go down as the biggest concert of all-time, but unfortunately for some fans, there was an ugly side to it. Two people have been arrested aft
Two men were charged in the cybercrime theft of 900+ concert tickets, mostly for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour through stubhub..
The Queens District Attorney’s Office charged Tyrone Rose and Shamara Simmons for their involvement in an alleged scheme in which they exploited a loophole through an offshore ticket vendor for StubHub. According to the prosecutors, they intercepted already-sold ticket URLs by accessing the company’s network and resold them.
The digital tickets were stolen from StubHub by employees of a third party contractor in Jamaica, prosecutors say
A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events.
While she grossed more than $2 billion on her historic Eras Tour, some Taylor Swift fans were taken for a ride to the tune of $600,000.
Two people stand accused of taking hundreds of tickets from StubHub to redirect them to others who resold them, prosecutors said.
The Queens District Attorney's office said that the two stole nearly 1,000 event tickets, which were then resold for a profit of more than $600,000 (U.S.).
A "cybercrime crew" stole hundreds of tickets to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour and resold them for more $635,000 in illegal profit, prosecutors say.