The FTC acknowledges its suit is based in large part on revelations from a 2018 CBC News/Toronto Star investigation, in which reporters went undercover posing as “ticket brokers” and exposed how Ticketmaster recruited mass scalpers and knowingly let them use hundreds of fake accounts to circumvent ticket-buying limits.
Ticketmaster is going to crack down on checks notes itself? Has there ever been a situation when a company promised to regulate itself that went well?
Yes, it went well for its shareholders. 🤭