SCALPER IN HIS 30S WHO SWEPT IDOL CONCERT TICKETS, EARNS 2.4 BILLION WON AND BUYS 3 PROPERTIES
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A man in his 30s who used macro programs to purchase tickets for popular concerts and sporting events and resold them at inflated prices has been handed over to the prosecution. He is accused of selling scalped tickets worth approximately 2.4 billion won over a period of more than seven years, including selling a BTS concert ticket originally priced at 110,000 won for 3 million won. Gyeonggi Northern Police Agency Cyber Crime Investigation Divis…
A ticket scalper who used a macro program to purchase 8,967 tickets for performances and sports events in bulk over a period of 7 years and 7 months and resold them at inflated prices to pocket 2.4 billion won has been arrested and referred to the prosecution. The individual concealed the crime by even registering as an e-commerce business operator, and assets worth 1.26 billion won, including real estate secured through criminal proceeds, have …
Regarding the recent problem of scalpel transactions that sell tickets for more than popular shows and sporting events, President Lee Jae-myung stated, “We will definitely reimburse profits collected unfairly by tracking them until the end.” On the 17th, President Lee shared an article on his X (old Twitter) titled “BTS concert “110,000 → 3 million won”... I sold a scalpel for 2.4 billion and even bought a house, and wrote, “The revised performa…
[Digital Daily Reporter Cho Eun-byeol] President Lee Jae-myung has declared a "war on ticket scalping." On the 17th, President Lee shared an article on his X (formerly Twitter) about the arrest of a scalper who had pocketed billions of won by selling tickets for idol performances, concerts by visiting foreign singers, and sporting events at inflated prices. He promised, "We will track down ticket scalping that deprives people of legitimate oppo…
A man in his 30s has been detained for using macro programs to secure tickets to concerts and sporting events, then reselling them at prices up to 30 times higher. Investigations revealed that he resold 8,967 tickets over a period of approximately 7 years and 7 months, generating sales of 2.4 billion won (approximately 270 million yen at current exchange rates). The Gyeonggi Northern Police Agency's 2nd Cybercrime Investigation Unit announced on…
SCALPER IN HIS 30S WHO SWEPT IDOL CONCERT TICKETS, EARNS 2.4 BILLION WON AND BUYS 3 PROPERTIES
~1.7M USD A man in his 30s has been arrested by police after purchasing large quantities of tickets, including those for popular K-pop idol concerts, and reselling them at up to 30x their original price, using the proceeds to buy an apartment and commercial property.On the 16th, the Cyber Crime Investigation Unit 2 of the Gyeonggi Northern Provincial Police Agency announced that it had referred the man, identified as "A," to the prosecution un…
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