Liverpool FC Takes Down 162 Social Media Groups and Bans Hundreds of People From Anfield - Liverpool Echo

Liverpool FC takes down 162 social media groups and bans hundreds of people from Anfield - Liverpool Echo

Investigators for The Reds have been involved in a huge operation to tackle ticket touting - with massive results

Liverpool shut down 145,000 ticket accounts in huge crackdown as details come to light

Liverpool have revealed the scale of their battle against ticket touting, shutting down more than 145,000 ticket accounts in just two years and handing out a record number of lifetime bans. Figures seen by BBC Sport show the club issued 1,114 lifetime suspensions last season alone, a dramatic rise from just 75 the previous campaign.Eleven of those were applied to season-ticket holders. Officials say the surge in bans followed the detection of wi…

Liverpool make over 1,000 lifetime bans in crackdown on ticket touting

The club also shut down 45,000 fake ticketing accounts

Premier League black market tickets: Liverpool shut down 145,000 accounts in crackdown

Liverpool shut down 145,000 ticket accounts over the past two years as part of a crackdown against touting, BBC Sport can reveal.

Liverpool issue record lifetime bans in ticket touting crackdown - Daily Telegraph NZ

Liverpool FC has shut down 145,000 fake ticket accounts and handed out a record 1,114 lifetime bans last season as part of a major crackdown on ticket touting, following revelations of mass software manipulation to secure tickets. Investigators also blocked 162 social media groups with over a million members, denied entry to 500 fans using burner phones, and carried out hundreds of targeted stops on matchdays. The club, which imposed just 75 lif…