Ticket touts guilty in landmark NTS case
A family who used dishonest tactics to buy and sell concert tickets have been found guilty
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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