Quebec online ticket reseller sent 26 fines for allegedly hiking prices [Video]

Quebec’s crown prosecutors sent an online ticket reseller more than two dozen fines for selling concert tickets at a higher price than the seller authorized.

The Quebec consumer protection office (OPC) said in a news release on Wednesday that the DPCP (Directeur des poursuites criminelles et penales) sent 26 statements of offence to Billets.ca and its president Eric Bussieres.

“If found guilty, the fine provided for in the (consumer protection) Act, for each statement of offence, is between $2,000 and $100,000 for the company and between $600 and $15,000 for its president,” the news release reads.

In addition to hiking prices on tickets, the crown alleges that the company resold a ticket that was not in their possession.

The alleged offences occurred between Nov. 2022 and Sept. 2023.

Bussieres and the company have 30 days to issue a guilty or not guilty plea. The OPC said further evidence will be …