Ten people have been arrested for selling counterfeit concert tickets to shows in Hong Kong, including concerts by Korean boy band BigBang, swindling victims out of at least HK$360,000 (US$46,150) through online ticket scams and fake storefronts. Police said on Thursday that the counterfeits were almost identical to genuine tickets and hard to spot as fakes with the naked eye, but were made of rougher paper, had duller printing and lacked the genuine tickets’ laser-emitting corner labels. In an...
Hong Kong police arrest 10 for selling fake tickets to BigBang and other concerts

Ten people have been arrested for selling counterfeit concert tickets to shows in Hong Kong, including concerts by Korean boy band BigBang, swindling victims out of at least HK$360,000 (US$46,150) through online ticket scams and fake storefronts. Police said on Thursday that the counterfeits were almost identical to genuine tickets and hard to spot as fakes with the naked eye, but were made of rougher paper, had duller printing and lacked the genuine tickets’ laser-emitting corner labels. In an.
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- Hong Kong police arrest 10 for selling fake tickets to BigBang and other concerts.
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