Feds Sue Ticket Broker Firm Over Alleged $120M Scheme

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's nine-thirty Eastern, this is The Pile-On: Late, and tonight the Justice Department and the FTC are suing a San Diego ticket broker over an alleged one hundred twenty million dollar scheme for Beyoncé and Pitbull tickets.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe complaint says the company used thousands of accounts to grab millions of tickets, and then resold them at considerable markups, which is exactly why I have never once gotten to the front of a line.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThousands of accounts is a lot of commitment. I respect the hustle, I have two accounts and I still lose.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo accounts.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOne is for backup, Hank. Also one is my cousin's, and he doesn't know.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me finish, because this is about trust.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorEvery fan in that virtual waiting room believed they were number four hundred, and they were number four hundred thousand behind a robot with a spreadsheet.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe robot has a better refresh rate than your whole group chat, Vera, and that's the part nobody wants to say out loud.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo my group chat is a cartel now?

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour people hitting refresh at nine fifty-nine, all with the same credit card? Legally, that's a startup.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOrder. The company is accused, and it has not been convicted of anything. Everyone at this desk is just confessing to things.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd what's your plan, Hank, to buy a ticket the honest way?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne account, one card, and I wait. I'm the only honest customer in America, and I have never gotten a ticket.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe honest man owns nothing.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's The Pile-On: Late, back same time tomorrow.