New Jersey cohorts charged in global StubHub scalping ring
Two cyber dorks looked as if they were dressed for a pool party instead of court Wednesday, as the “nervous as hell” pals were hauled before a judge and accused...
View ArticleHow to avoid getting ripped off during Derek Jeter’s final week
Ticket scalpers and scammers plan to score big off Yankees great Derek Jeter’s final games, authorities warned Monday. The famed retiring shortstop’s last game at Yankee Stadium on Thursday and...
View ArticleScalpers make hundreds off ‘free’ Shakespeare in the Park tickets
To be free or not to be free? There is no question — tickets to the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park are supposed to be gratis, but that’s not...
View ArticleScalpers want small fortune for tickets to see the pope in NYC
Maybe the 11th commandment should be Thou shalt not scalp. Free tickets to Pope Francis’ procession through Central Park on Sept 25 are being hawked online for as much as...
View ArticleStop selling free Pope Francis tickets: church
Thou shalt not scalp free tickets to see the pope in Central Park, officials declared Sunday. The ducats — which the city began distributing for free last week after holding...
View ArticleCuomo’s World Series scalping scam is outrageous and hypocritical
Looks like the political tix is in. As The Post reported Tuesday, Gov. Cuomo is using the Mets’ home games in the World Series to raise himself some campaign cash. His staff picked up a “very limited...
View ArticleMSG execs fired after being caught in ticket scalping scandal
Madison Square Garden has fired about a half dozen sales executives — plus a senior executive in ticket sales and corporate hospitality — after they were caught in a ticket reselling scandal, The Post...
View ArticleComic Con trying out new ticket system to curb scalpers
New York Comic Con’s producers are introducing a new ticketing process that it hopes will eliminate a team of villains more sinister than Hydra — ticket scalpers. ReedPOP, the event organizer behind...
View ArticleScalpers cash in on free tickets to Muhammad Ali’s memorial service
Free tickets for Muhammad Ali’s public memorial service in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, sold out in less than an hour Wednesday — and some greedy ticket holders immediately tried to turn a...
View ArticleOlympics exec arrested in nude for scalping $3M in tickets
RIO DE JANEIRO — A senior Olympic executive from Ireland was taken to a hospital Wednesday after police came to his beachfront hotel to arrest him as part of an investigation into ticket scalping....
View ArticleTickets for the last Ringling Bros. show are going to cost you
It’s going to cost big bucks to get under the big top for the final “Greatest Show on Earth.” Tickets have sold out for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’ last show ever, on May 21 at...
View ArticleMan sentenced for scalping his girlfriend tells judge to skip the lecture
BURLINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky man who told a judge to skip the lecture has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for scalping his girlfriend and ordering his pit bull to attack her. The Kentucky Enquirer...
View ArticleTicketmaster files $10M suit against scalper giant
Ticketmaster has filed a $10 million suit against a major scalper accused of using illegal technology to scoop up loads of tickets to hot shows like the Broadway smash hit ”Hamilton.” Prestige...
View ArticlePoker pro indicted in $6M Super Bowl ticket-flipping scam
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors say a professional poker player from California faces charges that he bilked investors out of more than $6 million in a Super Bowl and World Cup ticket-flipping scam....
View ArticleBill could protect New Yorkers from bogus ticket sellers
A bill that would protect sports and entertainment fans from websites that dupe them into paying high prices for live events is on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk, awaiting his signature to become law. The...
View ArticleReaders beware: I was scammed by a ticket scalper — don’t make my mistake
Readers: I was cheated out of a couple hundred dollars recently by a ticket broker and I wanted to share the experience with you. What can you learn from this? Even Dear John can get stung when he...
View ArticleNew Xbox, PlayStation 5 going for more than $1,000 on eBay amid shortages
There’s one group that’s even happier about the release of the new Xbox and PlayStation consoles than gamers: scalpers. The $500 consoles are routinely pulling in double their MSRP on eBay, as sky-high...
View ArticleJudge dismisses ‘scalpers’ suit against MSG
A state Supreme Court judge has tossed a suit by two dozen "ticket brokers" who sued MSG in the fall after the Garden refused to renew their Knicks and Rangers season subscriptions on the grounds that...
View ArticleThe Taylor Swift ticket snafu shows you can’t stop markets from working
Taylor Swift wanted to keep ticket prices to her Eras tour out of the hands of scalpers — and thus affordable to fans. Instead, tickets broke records, some going for five figures.
View ArticleMariah Carey’s ‘terrible’ Barbie ad bashed as Mattel doll sells out
"Why even make a social post when she’s sold out everywhere lol," one user slammed. "Your business practices are terrible. Fire the person coordinating the timing and limits."
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