Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
39%
7 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
65/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
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1
Politics
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A Maryland ticket broker is accused of illegally purchasing and reselling hundreds of thousands of tickets for profit, including thousands to
.The
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thousands → accuse → profit
Federal Trade Commission is suing Key Investment Group, saying the company made millions of dollars in profit from reselling the tickets at inflated prices.
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company → sue → prices
The lawsuit, filed Monday, Aug. 18, in U.S. District Court in Maryland, accuses the company and its affiliates of bypassing Ticketmaster's security measures designed to block resellers from violating ticket-purchase limits.
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lawsuit → file → limits
Key Investment Group also did business under the names Epic Seats, TotalTickets.com LLC and Totally Tix LLC, according to the complaint.
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Group → do → complaint
The FTC alleges that, in a one year period, the group purchased at least 379,776 tickets from Ticketmaster at a cost of nearly $57 million.
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group → allege → million
The company then allegedly resold those tickets on secondary marketplaces for about $64 million.
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company → resold → million
In a statement, Key Investment Group said it will "vigorously defend itself against this clear example of regulatory overreach."
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it → say → overreach
It claims the FTC "misleadingly characterizes KIG's use of standard internet browsers," and said the government's case "threatens to dismantle the secondary ticket market for live events."
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case → claim → events
Between March and August of 2023, Key Investment Group allegedly purchased 10 or more tickets to 38 Taylor Swift concerts, totaling 2,280 tickets, according to the complaint.
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Group → purchase → complaint
The FTC says the company made more than $1.2 million in profit reselling those tickets.
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company → say → tickets
For just one Taylor Swift show, the defendants allegedly used 49 different accounts to buy 273 tickets.
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defendants → use → tickets
The Eras Tour had a six-ticket purchase limit per customer, per event.
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Tour → have → event
Among other events the FTC alleges were targeted was a 2023 Bruce Springsteen concert in New Jersey.
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concert → allege → Jersey
Despite a four-ticket limit, the defendants allegedly purchased and resold more than 1,500 tickets.
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defendants → purchase → tickets
How the alleged scheme worked
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scheme → allege → ?
According to the FTC, the group used thousands of
, both fictitious and third-party accounts it had purchased, to bypass security measures and purchase the tickets.
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it → accord → tickets
The company is also accused of using thousands of credit card numbers, including virtual card numbers, spoofing IP addresses to hide the identity of the ticket purchaser, and using SIM technology to collect the incoming verification codes.
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company → accuse → codes
In doing so, the FTC said the brokers violated the FTC Act and the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, which prohibits people from "circumventing a security measure, access control system, or other technological control or measure on an internet website or online service that is used by the ticket issuer to enforce posted event ticket limits or to maintain the integrity of posted online ticket purchasing order rules."
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that → do → rules
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