Almost 1,000 concert tickets for Taylor Swift's Era's Tour were stolen by a 'cyber crime -crew' that sold them for hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the public prosecutors in New York.
Tyrone Rose, a 20-year-old from Kingston, Jamaica and Shamara Simmons, 31, based in Jamaica, Queens, were arrested and brought in New York last week, after reporting $ 635,000 of the stolen tickets, according to the Washington Post.
The annual hack schedule, which lasted from June 2022 to July 2023, coincided with the Era's Tour foresters, who crashed noticed notorious Ticketmaster. Resale tickets were on average $ 1,611 on Seatgeek.
Rose, who previously worked for Stubhub seller Sutherland, is said to have diverted 1,000 tickets from Swift's Tour and other major events. According to the public prosecutors, Ticket URLs were sent to Queens, where Simmons and a now deceased person were reportedly downloaded and sold them on at Stubhub for $ 635,000.
They were accused of grand Larceny, computer messing around and conspiracy about their alleged involvement in the annual cyber crime schedule on Thursday.
They each have a prison sentence of up to 15 years if they are convicted.
Almost 1,000 concert tickets for Taylor Swift's Era's Tour were stolen by a 'cyber crime -crew' that resold them for $ 635,000, according to the public prosecutors in New York; Swift Seen to perform in Vancouver during the Touring Tour in 2024
“These defendants tried to use the popularity of the Concert Tour of Taylor Swift and other controversial events to take advantage of the expensive of others,” shared Melinda Katz, Queens County District Attorney, in a statement.
“They would have exploited a Maas in the offshore ticket seller to steal tickets for the largest concert tour of the past decade and then resold those seats for an extraordinary win.”
“Stubhub has since replaced or reimbursed all identified orders and strengthened the security measures to further protect our fans and sellers,” said Mark Streams, the most important legal officer of the ticket provider, in a statement.
The stolen tickets were mainly from Swift's EA Tour, but also include Adele and Ed Sheeran concerts, as well as NBA games, the US Open Tennis Championships and other events.
In July, DC Procurer General Brian Schwalb Stubhub sued 'Dropping', who denies the company, while in May the American government submitted an antitrust setting against Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, in the midst of accusations that it is monopolized the ticket and concert industries.
Dan Wall, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs of Live Nation, responded to the allegations and stated: “The complaint – and even more the press conference that announced – tries to portray Live Nation and Ticketmaster as the cause of the live entertainment industry.”
'It blames concert promotors and ticket companies – those that neither of both control ticket prices – for high ticket prices. It ignores everything that is actually responsible for higher ticket prices, from increasing the production costs to the popularity of the artist, to 24/7 online ticket scale that reveals the willingness of the public to pay much more than primary ticket costs. '
He called the claims of a monopoly 'absurd'.
The Tour Tour achieved a historic milestone and became the most profitable tour of all time and the first to spend $ 2 billion in income.
After two years and 149 shows, the Tour was closed on December 8, 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The annual hacking schedule, which lasted from June 2022 to July 2023, included Tickets from Swift's Tour and other major events that were diverted and then sold on to Stubhub
Tyrone Rose, a 20-year-old from Kingston, Jamaica and Shamara Simmons, 31, based in Jamaica, Queens, were arrested and lived in New York last week. They worked with a now deceased person
The cyber schedule coincided with the Era's Tour -Voorlopers, who crashed notorious Ticketmaster; Swift seen in 2024
The two people each have a prison sentence of up to 15 years in prison if they are convicted; The signer on stage in Nashville, Tennessee in 2023
Consisting of different 'eras' based on her 10 studio albums, the singer has broken an abundance of records with her three -hour set list of 40 songs.
ERA – with his glitter, glamor and famous guests – Taylor has seen the first person ever to be crowned a billionaire of music and the world's richest female musician.
The impressive spectacle attracted more than four million fans to Arenas around the world, with A-Listers, political figures and even royals who all compete to be the 'biggest Swiftie'.
It is estimated that Taylor has sold 4.35 million tickets to the eras.
Ticketmaster has caused indignation about how the event and her parent company Live Nation Entertainment were charged to monopolize the live event industry in the US.
Swifties hit the ticketing giant after a fiasco sale for her sold-out eras Tour had canceled a general release of tickets.
Fans remained furious after a presale event that all tickets were sold – which means that the general release could not take place.
In August, Taylor was forced to cancel her three shows in Austria after two suspects had been arrested for alleged plots of a terror attack on each of her Vienna concerts.
The Popstar would perform in Vienna on 8, 9 and 10 August in Vienna.
Swift's concert promotor Barracuda Music posted a statement with the text: 'Taylor Swift | The Tour Vienna shows canceled because of the confirmation of the government officials of planned terrorist attack
The era tour reached a historic milestone and became the most profitable tour of all time and the first to pass $ 2 billion in income; Implemented performance in Sao Paulo in 2023
After two years and 149 shows, the Tour was closed on December 8, 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia; Seen during her Nashville show in 2023
'With confirmation of government officials from a planned terrorist attack in Ernst Happel Stadium, we have no choice but to cancel the three planned shows for everyone's safety.
“All tickets will be reimbursed automatically within the next 10 working days.”
It was later revealed that the CIA had helped an ISIS terror attack, intended to kill 'tens of thousands' fans.
On August 7, Austrian authorities arrested two people accused of planning a terror attack and others were arrested in the following days.
