The Federal Trade Commission is suing a ticket broker for allegedly using “illegal means” to buy up hundreds of thousands of live event tickets, including for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Key Investment Group, which also does business as Epic Seats, TotalTickets.com, and Totally Tix, is accused of violating the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act by using virtual and traditional …
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Besides being American icons, chart toppers and stadium packers, what do Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen have in common? Well, the spectacular songwriter thing aside, both the Boss and the self-styled Showgirl are at the heart of a new Donald Trump-fueled lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission today to put the kibosh on resale schemes that snare hot tickets …
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The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against a Maryland-based ticket resale company on Monday, alleging that the company broke federal law to obtain hundreds of thousands of tickets to Taylor Swift‘s Eras tour and other major concerts and scalp them for millions of dollars in profit. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court on Monday and reviewed by The …
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