Captured 58 people in a month! Xi'an police crack down severely on concert scalpers
On August 29th, the reporter learned from the Xi'an Public Security Bureau in Shaanxi Province that in response to illegal activities such as reselling concert tickets since the beginning of this year, the Xi'an police, together with multiple departments, have cracked down severely. During August alone, 8 cases of illegal ticket scalping, 86 tickets with various types of documents, and 58 individuals involved in ticket and certificate related illegal activities were arrested, including 2 criminal detention, 31 administrative penalties, and 25 criticism and education.
Starting from April this year, Xi'an City has held multiple concerts in a row, and some scalpers have taken the opportunity to make a name for themselves by buying tickets and then selling them at high prices, damaging consumer rights, disrupting the normal order of the concert market, and even illegally profiting under the banner of "charging" to bring fans into the venue. In response, the Xi'an police have established a special team consisting of the Public Security Management Bureau, the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and multiple sub bureaus to collaborate and continue to carry out crackdown and rectification work. Recently, during a concert duty, the police in Baqiao, Xi'an, discovered multiple individuals wearing "security uniforms" attempting to infiltrate the venue. After investigation, they were all individuals without tickets. They met "scalpers" Feng, A Niu, and others through online platforms, and were lured by "scalpers" to buy security uniforms at a high price in an attempt to infiltrate the scene. Baqiao police immediately reported to the work team and launched the investigation work. They successively went to Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places and captured suspect Feng and Liu Mouying. At present, both of them have been in criminal detention.
The Xi'an police remind fans to purchase tickets through legitimate channels, not to trust false information such as "internal tickets" and "reverse selling tickets" online, and not to transfer money easily to avoid being deceived. If institutions or individuals sell tickets at high prices, they should promptly file complaints and reports. For illegal activities such as scalpers and third-party platforms hoarding tickets and reselling, the public security organs will work together with industry specialized departments to crack down severely, hold them legally responsible, and impose corresponding penalties.
