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NY ticket brokers settle first U.S. online sales enforcement cases

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Three U.S. ticket brokers have agreed to settle civil charges that they cheated consumers by illegally purchasing tens of thousands of tickets for concerts, theater, sports and other events, and reselling them at substantial markups.

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Reuters

NY ticket brokers settle first U.S. online sales enforcement cases

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK - Three U.S. ticket brokers have agreed to settle civil charges that they cheated consumers by illegally purchasing tens of thousands of tickets for concerts, theater, sports and other events, and reselling them at substantial markups. Settlements totaling $35.3 million with Just In Time Tickets Inc, Concert Specials Inc, Cartisim Corp - all based in Great

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Variety

Ticket Brokers Agree to Pay $3.7 Million in Scalping Settlement

Three Long Island-based ticket brokers agreed to pay around $3.7 million to settle alleged violations of the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commissionannounced on Friday. According to the announcements, these are the first enforcement actions that the department and the FTC have brought under the BOTS Act.The companies — Just in Time Tickets, owned by Evan Kohanian; Concert Specials, owned by S…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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