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UK touts found guilty of fraud in landmark ruling

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 13th February 2020

Two ticket resellers who used bots to harvest and resell passes for £11m have been found guilty of fraud in a landmark ruling that could have implications for the resale industry. Peter Hunter and...

Tags: National Trading Standards, Resale, Touts

Touts ‘motivated by greed’ face trial over multi-million pound scam

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 15th November 2019

Two ticket resellers who allegedly used bots to harvest and resell passes for £11m have been labelled as “dishonest fraudsters motivated by greed,” in court. Peter Hunter and David Smith, who ...

Tags: National Trading Standards, Resale, Touts, Trial

Implications for touts after six charged

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 2nd October 2018

Six ticket resellers have been charged with money laundering and breaches of consumer law by the National Trading Standards in a landmark prosecution that could heavily impact touts. The defendants...

Tags: National Trading Standards, Resale, Scalpers, Secondary, Touts, Viagogo

‘Significant changes’ see ASA drop Viagogo complaint

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 4th September 2018

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has dropped a complaint against Viagogo after stating that it has secured pricing changes to the company’s business model that satisfy its concerns. ...

Tags: Advertising Standards Agency, ASA, CMA, Drip Pricing, National Trading Standards, pricing, Resale, Viagogo

UK Music chief says Google complicit in Viagogo controversy

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 4th June 2018

Michael Dugher, the chief of UK Music, has criticised Google for “shirking its responsibilities” over Viagogo and its failure to comply with transparency regulations. Dugher was speaking to Mus...

Tags: ASA, Google, Michael Dugher, National Trading Standards, Resale, Transparency, UK Music, Viagogo

Viagogo could face prosecution over fees

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 31st May 2018

Viagogo has been referred to National Trading Standards and could face a prosecution after failing to comply with the advertising watchdog’s transparency criteria. The Advertising Standards Autho...

Tags: ASA, Drip Pricing, Fees, National Trading Standards, Secondary Market, Viagogo, Watchdog

Four arrests as trading standards swoop on ticket resellers

Posted by TheTicketingBusiness
on 14th December 2017

Four people were arrested as trading standards officials raided a number of properties as part of its investigation into the secondary ticketing market. National Trading Standards (NTS) swooped on ...

Tags: Arrests, CMA, Consumer, Investigation, Legal, National Trading Standards, Trading Standards

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