TaylorSwift 162,344 Posted May 17, 2024 Share Posted May 17, 2024 A woman dubbed the 'Ticket Queen' who ran a multi-million pound touting business which bought and sold tickets on an "industrial scale" has been jailed. Maria Chenery-Woods was the driving force behind Norfolk-based TQ Tickets Ltd, which used more than 100 identities to buy tickets for high-profile acts such as Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga before reselling them online, often at highly inflated prices. The 54-year-old was sentenced to four years, alongside her employee Paul Douglas, who was jailed for two years and five months. Judge Simon Batiste said Chenery-Woods, of Dickleburgh, had acted "out of greed". The court heard how TQ Tickets sold tickets worth more than £6.5m between 2015 and 2017. But Judge Batiste said this figure only covered part of the period the company was trading. It did not include hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of unsold tickets that trading standards officers found when they raided its offices in Dickleburgh, Norfolk. The piles of tickets found by trading standards investigators in the company office included tickets to a 2017 Lady Gaga concern in Birmingham.  During the trial, the jury heard statements from Ed Sheeran's manager Stuart Camp and promoter Stuart Galbraith, who described the "extensive measures" they went to as they tried to prevent the re-selling of tickets at inflated prices for the singer's 2018 UK stadium tour. Following the verdicts, Galbraith said: "Today's verdict is good news for live music fans, who are too often ripped off and exploited by greedy ticket touts." source   https://store.taylorswift.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted May 17, 2024 Share Posted May 17, 2024 they out there making millions wtf?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorSwift 162,344 Posted May 17, 2024 Author Share Posted May 17, 2024 2 minutes ago, bionic said: they out there making millions wtf?! they could make billions if Rita Ora was touring during these years https://store.taylorswift.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted May 17, 2024 Share Posted May 17, 2024 Just now, Teletubby said: they could make billions if Rita Ora was touring during these years it would make the global economy collapse. you could buy a house for $1,000,000 or 1 rita ora ticket Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceGaga 7,644 Posted May 17, 2024 Share Posted May 17, 2024 1 hour ago, Teletubby said: they could make billions if Rita Ora was touring during these years She'd drop her new song on Monday if she sold 234234234 tickets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennywise 36,080 Posted May 17, 2024 Share Posted May 17, 2024 She should get the electric chair So long ggd, it was nice while it lasted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,890 Posted May 17, 2024 Share Posted May 17, 2024 Bye pathetic freak. Love the era of getting tickets becoming easier and (in a way) more affordable instead of a difficult expensive struggle only to support bots and scammers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,465 Posted May 17, 2024 Share Posted May 17, 2024 That headline is worded in a way that looks like Ed and Gaga are in jail Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTV 13,889 Posted May 18, 2024 Share Posted May 18, 2024 43 minutes ago, PartySick said: That headline is worded in a way that looks like Ed and Gaga are in jail 'Greedy' Sheeran Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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