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NEW YORK – A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events on StubHub, according to prosecutors in New York.
The international scam involved people working in Jamaica for a firm contracted by the online ticket marketplace, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said Monday.
The contractors stole the URLs of tickets purchased on StubHub and emailed them to others in New York, who then downloaded and resold them on StubHub at exorbitant prices, she said.
The crew raked in more than $600,000 in profits over roughly a year between June 2022 and July 2023, according to prosecutors.
The majority of the stolen tickets were for Swift’s Eras Tour, but the thieves also boosted ones …
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