These touts made millions - and claimed staff at big ticketing firms helped

These touts made millions - and claimed staff at big ticketing firms helped

The touts alleged staff at resale sites Ticketmaster once owned helped them trade in bulk, the BBC reveals.

Investigation sees former staff claim ticketing firms helped prolific touts

An in-depth investigation into large scale ticket touting in the UK by the BBC has seen claims come to light that now-convicted fraudsters received inside help when buying and selling large quantities of tickets for inflated prices. Prolific touts Peter Hunter and David Smith were jailed in 2020 for fraudulently trading tickets between 2010 and 2017, while Maria Chenery-Woods (the so-called Ticket Queen), Paul Douglas, Mark Woods and Lynda Chene…