Prosecutors face the “time” behind a bar on Monday where two cyber fraudsters allegedly scam nearly 1,000 concert tickets.
Tyrone Rose, 20, of Kingston, Jamaica, and Shamala P. Simmons, 31, of Jamaica, were arrested in Queens for a resale scam of Swift, which was raked for $635,000 between June 2022 and July 2023.
Aside from a large portion of tickets previously purchased by adoring fans who want to turn their eyes to the pop icon, tours from a global era will degrade history as the greatest growth ever – the crew is said to have targeted the US opening of Adele and Ed Sheeran concerts, the NBA games and tennis.
“According to the charges, these defendants sought to benefit from the popularity of Taylor Swift's concert tours and other well-known events at the expense of others,” Queens da Melinda Katz said in a statement. “They are allegedly misused loopholes to steal tickets for the biggest concert tour of the past decade.”
Rose worked for a third-party stubhub contractor in Kingston. He and another large suspect allegedly intercepted orders for around 350 stubhubs.
The thief duo allegedly used access to StubHub's computer system to head to a secure area of tickets already on sale, sending an email to buyers to download them.
They emailed these links to Simmons and another Queens resident who is currently deceased, prosecutors said.
According to the DA's office, the Queens pair has posted tickets on StubHub and resold them for profit.
Rose and Simmons were arrested on Thursday, and arrested and arrested on suspicion of computer tampering and conspiracy, according to the DA's office.
As none of these charges are eligible for bail under state law, Criminal Court Judge Anthony Batisty released the pair and ordered them to return to court on March 7th.
Rose, who was visiting the Big Apple when she was arrested, was ordered to waive her passport.
Both were able to spend three to 15 years in prison if convicted of the highest numbers.
