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DOJ Sues Scalper For Illegally Buying 18.5M Tickets
US Department of Justice sues ticket broker REPS & Co for illegally purchasing 18.5 million tickets, including 7,624 seats for one Beyoncé show.
In brief
US Department of Justice sues ticket broker REPS & Co for illegally purchasing 18.5 million tickets, including 7,624 seats for one Beyoncé show. US Department of Justice sued REPS & Co for illegally buying 18.5 million tickets, including 7,624 seats for a Beyoncé concert. Originally reported by Stereogum.
DOJ Sues Ticket Broker
US Department of Justice sued REPS & Co for illegally purchasing 18.5 million tickets across 83,500 events.
Beyoncé Show Tickets
REPS & Co allegedly used 1,300 accounts to buy 7,624 seats for Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour show at Arrowhead Stadium.
Profit from Scalping
The company reportedly made $833,323 from one Beyoncé show and over $120,000 from a Pitbull concert.
The key point
US Department of Justice sued REPS & Co for illegally buying 18.5 million tickets, including 7,624 seats for a Beyoncé concert.
