FoxNews: Taylor Swift 'Eras Tour' hackers allegedly made $600,000 off of stolen tickets

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Taylor Swift 'Eras Tour' hackers allegedly made $600,000 off of stolen tickets

The Queens District Attorney's office arrested two hackers believed to have stolen Taylor Swift "Eras Tour" tickets. The individuals allegedly made $600,000 off the tickets....                        ...                        ...                            ...Two hackers have been arrested for cybercrime theft after stealing over 900 You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and re-selling them, Fox News Digital confirmed.......Tyrone Rose, 20, and Shamara P. Simmons, 31, allegedly pocketed $600,000 during the scheme, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz......."According to the charges, these defendants tried to use the popularity of Taylor Swift's concert tour and other high-profile events to profit at the expense of others," Katz said in a press release. "They allegedly exploited a loophole through an offshore ticket vendor to steal tickets to the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of the last decade and then resold those seats for an extraordinary profit of more than $600,000."......Rose and Simmons were charged with grand larceny in the second degree, computer tampering in the first degree, conspiracy in the fourth degree and computer tampering in the fourth degree. They each face up to 15 years in prison.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Fox News Digital reached out to Swift's representative for comment.......Swift faced multiple issues regarding "Eras Tour" ticket sales. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login of Swift's tour in 2022 after high demand in the pre-sales......."Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow's public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled," Ticketmaster shared on social media at the time.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Swift's record-breaking tour eventually made the pop star $2 billion in revenue, according to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login...... The "Midnights" singer's team told the outlet that 10,168,008 fans attended the 149 shows throughout the nearly two-year-long tour.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Swift has essentially transformed the music industry for female artists, according to Dr. Sonja Stribling, retired U.S. Army Major and author of the upcoming book, "From the Battlefield to the Boardroom."......"It is not just the money she is making, which is very important, but she is creating a pathway for other people to follow," Dr. Stribling previously told FOX Business. "I know without a doubt that her and Beyoncé have had a conversation about this because they are paving the way for others to follow. They are the first of many – especially for women – leading the way. So, it's not just billionaire status, but Taylor is about to go down in history of setting high goals for others to want to achieve."......"I know that only 1% of this population in the industry that she operates in, and maybe even less than that, will achieve what she has achieved, and she makes it look so simple," she added....

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