A young girl tragically went from being a star student to selling fake BLACKPINK tickets to her family
As Kpop fans know, as the genre grows in popularity, it is becoming increasingly difficult to get concert tickets.
Unfortunately, this also attracts resellers who buy the tickets to resell them at exorbitant prices. There are also many scams.
BLACKPINK performed in Hong Kong in January 2023 and tickets will go on sale immediately after the public sale in November 2022.
A 20-year-old woman was accused of selling a total of 15 counterfeit notes, cheating or attempting to defraud a total of more than HK$73,000 (more than $9,000).
According to his victims, they saw posts on social media and online auction platforms promoting BLACKPINK concert tickets and contacted the seller, the 20-year-old.
The victims described how the saleswoman scammed them.
One victim paid HK$4,900 for a ticket but was unable to enter on the day of the concert with his e-ticket.
Another buyer met the seller for four tickets on January 14, but became suspicious when he found that the numbers on the tickets were all the same. So the buyer called the police, who arrested the seller on the spot.
The seller initially told police that she was reselling tickets for a friend. According to her, this friend gave her the contact details of the buyers and the references of the electronic tickets.
However, in the second interview, she admitted to lying in the first interview, revealing that after attending the January 13 concert herself, she processed her e-ticket and sold copies online.
This isn’t the first case of Kpop concert ticket scams, but this seller’s story caught the eye.
It turns out that his father left his family after putting them in debt (gambling debts). The mother, who works on construction sites, has become the family’s sole breadwinner.
The young woman’s lawyer revealed that she was a model student in both high school and university.
Unfortunately, in order to support her family, she dropped out of school and found a job as a waitress in Hong Kong, with half of her salary going to her mother while another part was used to fund her brother.
In her plea she promised not to do such illegal things in the future.
“I wanted to take the weight off my mother’s shoulders, but what I did was completely wrong. »
The defendant was initially charged with 3 counts of “obtaining property through deception,” and later 4 counts totaling 53,300 yuan.
Another charge of “attempting to obtain goods by deception” was added, meaning the payment is 20,000 yuan (about $3,000).
