A well done scam. According to the American Media NBC News, two Invidus, Tyrone Rose and Shamara Simmons, were arrested, piracy and online tickets for the Taylor Swift the Eras Tour Tour for an estimated gain of more than $ 600,000.
According to Queens prosecutor’s office, Tyrone Rose, 20, based in Kingston in Jamaica, had found a defect in the resale platform system for American Stobhub shows for which he worked through a third party provider.
With each sale made at the box office, the young man recovered the URL with the link to download the places and transmitted them to an accomplice, Shamara Simmons, based in New York in Queens.
There, the 31 -year -old woman and another accomplice, now deceased, were in charge of reselling the stolen concert places for fans, swelling their prices.
993 illegally sold tickets
According to NBC News, around 350 orders were pirated and 993 show seats were illegally recovered for an extraordinary gain “estimated at $ 635,000.
Queens prosecutor’s office also specifies that Taylor Swift’s concerts are not the only shows related to this scam. Tickets were also selected for other events such as Adele or Ed Sheeran concerts or certain sports meetings such as NBA or US Open matches.
Stubhub, who is behind the report of this scam, has announced that he had separated from the third party for which Tyrone Rose worked. The platform also indicated that it has taken security measures to prevent this type of incident from happening again.
“Stubhub has replaced or reimbursed all orders identified as impacted and strengthened security measures to better protect our fans and vendors,” said the legal director of the Mark Streams platform to NBC News.
Source: BFM TV
