A ticket-reselling operation used a network of fake accounts to bypass Ticketmaster’s security protocols to grab hundreds of thousands of tickets to hugely popular tours for artists like Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen and then re-sold them for millions,

The Federal Trade Commission accused a shadowy group of flooding Ticketmaster with fake accounts to purchase and resell tickets to concerts by Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and other top artists.

The Federal Trade Commission sued a Maryland ticket resale company Monday, alleging it illegally snatched up hundreds of thousands of seats at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour and other major concerts in 2022 and 2023.