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Two people have been charged with the backend of Stubhub to have entered. There they should Tickets Stolen worth over $ 635,000. Including 900 tickets for Taylor Swifts The Eras Tour.
Tyrone Rose from Kingston, Jamaica, and Shamara P. Simmons from Jamaica, Queens, were both arrested for cybercrime at the end of February. You will be charged with the district attorney of Queens, Melinda Katz, announced on Wednesday.
“According to the accusations, these accused tried to use the popularity of Taylor Swift’s concert tour and other top -class events. Both wanted to benefit at the expense of others, ”said Katz in a statement. “You are said to have used a legislative gap by an offshore ticket seller. They wanted to steal tickets for the largest concert tour of the past decades. And then resell these places with an exceptional profit of more than $ 600,000. ”
Was $ 635,000
According to the New York Times Rose, who worked for an outsourcing company commissioned by Stubhub, is said to have allegedly gained access to an unauthorized system within the ticket reversal seller. This made it possible for him to forward tickets on Simmons and another accomplice that has since died.
Simmons then sold these illegally acquired tickets. “The total amount of illegal income from this fraud is estimated at $ 635,000”, as the public prosecutor’s office of Queens announced in a press release.
In addition to the “Eras Tour”, other top -class events were also involved in the system. These include tickets for Adeles Las Vegas Residency, Ed Sheeran concerts, NBA games and the US Open.
Maximum penalty of three to 15 years in prison
Both rose and Simmons were accused of fourth degree, the fourth degree conspiracy and computer manipulation of fourth degrees due to the severe theft of second degrees, first degree computer manipulation. They face a maximum penalty of three to 15 years in prison for the heaviest indictment.
Mark Streams, Chief Legal Officer from Stubhub, said the New York Times: “The people involved, employees of SGS, have exploited a system weak point to resell fraudulent tickets. They were quickly identified and canceled. “
Although streams said that they were “quickly identified”, the fraud lasted from June 2022 to July 2023. The contract of Hubs with the external outsourcing company was also terminated.