r/JusticeServed • u/nbcnews 8 • Mar 05 '25
Criminal Justice Pair charged with stealing Taylor Swift Eras tickets made over $600K reselling them, prosecutors say
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/pair-charged-stealing-taylor-swift-eras-tickets-made-600k-reselling-rcna1948056
u/SarahHerrell7 6 27d ago
The tickets were stolen from StubHub by two people working for a third-party contractor in Kingston, the district attorney’s office said in a statement.
The URLs for the tickets were then sent to Queens, where Simmons and another person who has since died downloaded them and re-sold them on StubHub, the office said.
So they stole them FROM StubHub, then re-sold them ON StubHub? Cannot for the life of me figure out why that didn't work... 😏
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u/Call_Me_Rambo B Mar 05 '25
Around 350 StubHub orders, resulting in the theft of around 993 tickets, were hijacked in the cybercrime scheme, prosecutors said.
The stolen tickets were worth around $635,000, prosecutors said.
Title had me thinking people were paying home downpayment amounts of money to see Swift when it was more so ~$1800 order.
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u/heptyne 8 Mar 05 '25
I still don't know why people put up with concerts, I'm not giving hundreds/thousands of dollars to a millionaire. I like concerts but as soon as they want more than $50 I'm out. I'll just listen on Spotify or YouTube.
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u/somecatgirl A 28d ago
I’m insanely short so concerts are nightmares for me. Now they cost $1000? No thanks.
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u/Nina_kupenda 7 Mar 06 '25
I paid 90€ to go to the eras tour. It was a great experience but never in a million years would have I paid more than that. It was actually my first concert post COVID because I couldn’t justify the prices. I remember before 2020 buying VIP tickets for Bruno mars with fast entry, and so many goodies and being so close to the scene I could feel the heat of the flames (he had pyro) and that was the most I splurged back then. And now what I paid for that is just a standard ticket, it blows my mind!
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u/camerontylek A Mar 06 '25
Post covid prices are ridiculous, and I don't go to many concerts at all anymore because of it.
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u/ajb1102 5 Mar 05 '25
You go to a concert because there’s more to experience than just listening to the song through headphones.
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u/SnoopaDD 7 Mar 06 '25
I remember paying $45 dollars and seeing 12 bands. Mainstream ones. Rob zombie, disturbed, tech 9, and many others. That’s just one concert.
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u/ajb1102 5 Mar 06 '25
Awesome. I’ve done the same. I’ve also been to concerts where the tickets were more expensive. Every person puts a different value on an experience.
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u/MikeSchwab63 8 Mar 05 '25
I've gone to a dozen concerts. 20-50, including Gatlin Brothers 1981. 600 each for 1000 tickets? O Heck No.
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u/JColt60 7 Mar 05 '25
Ticket master just as guilty!
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u/kpsi355 A Mar 06 '25
Yeah, compared to the theft Ticketmaster and LiveNation are responsible for, this is chump change.
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u/PolarBearMagical 6 Mar 05 '25
They should charge swift for selling them at all, pure robbery
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u/Nugur B Mar 06 '25
You realized all of her shows are sold out right? People are buying it so how is it Robbery?
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