Ticket Scalper Uses Macros to Secure Concert Tickets and Resells 2.4 Billion Won over 8 Years
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As a result of an intensive crackdown on ticket scalping conducted by the National Police Agency’s National Investigation Headquarters from March to August, 157 people were arrested and 126 cases were detected. Ticket scalping in the performance and sports sectors accounted for 90% of the total, and suspects in their 20s and 30s accounted for more than 77%. The police requested that ticket vendors improve their system security along with recover…
A large number of ticket scalpers who used macro programs to secure large quantities of tickets for concerts, professional baseball, and trains, and then resold them at inflated prices, have been arrested by the police. As part of the "Special Crackdown on Crimes Disrupting Public Living Prices" conducted from March 3 to August 31, the National Police Agency's National Investigation Headquarters [conducted] investigations into macros, etc.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Han Ji-eun = Ticket scalpers who use macro programs to secure large quantities of tickets for performances, sports events, and trains, and then resell them at a premium...
The police cracked down on ticket scalping using macros and detected 126 cases.
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