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Ticket touts guilty in landmark NTS case


A family who used dishonest tactics to buy and sell concert tickets have been found guilty

Richard Young

Posted 13 March 2024 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Crime|National


UPDATES: A landmark National Trading Standards prosecution has seen ticket touts convicted after using a company to acquire and resell hundreds of high-profile concert tickets, reinforcing action against industrial-scale ticket fraud.

Two members of a family who used dishonest tactics to buy and sell concert tickets at vastly inflated prices have been found guilty of fraudulent trading offences following a long-running investigation by National Trading Standards (NTS).

Mark Woods (60) and Lynda Chenery (51), both from Dickleburgh in Norfolk, were unanimously found guilty on 13 March at Leeds Crown Court.

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