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 hackers have been arrested after they allegedly stole hundreds of tickets for Taylor Swift ‘s “The Eras Tour,” amongst other major events.
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.
New York prosecutors say that two people working at a third-party contractor for the StubHub online ticket marketplace made $635,000 after almost 1,000 concert tickets and reselling them online.
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.).
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 majority of the tickets stolen were for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. But the crew also stole tickets from other high-value events, prosecutors said.