2 arrested, 1,075 fake tickets seized ahead of Jay Chou Hong Kong concerts
Fake tickets each had face value of HK$1,880, with syndicate using hotel rooms to store them and arrange distribution, police say
Hong Kong police have arrested two people and seized more than 1,000 fake tickets with a face value of over HK$2 million (US$256,410) in total for sell-out concerts by Mandopop superstar Jay Chou this weekend.
The force said on Saturday that officers arrested a man, 23, and a 17-year-old girl during an operation the previous afternoon at Hung Hom MTR station when members of a local syndicate were allegedly making a deal. Two counterfeit tickets were seized from the pair.
Officers also found another 1,073 fake concert tickets with a face value of HK$1,880 each, or more than HK$2 million in total, in a hotel room in To Kwa Wan.
The pair were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and possessing a false instrument and had been detained for investigation, the force said.
A preliminary investigation had revealed that the syndicate used hotel rooms to store fake concert tickets and arrange for their distribution, Chief Inspector To King-sang said.
The tickets all had the same serial number and were of poor quality, including roughly printed laser labels in the upper right corner, and had multiple errors in the sales terms on the back.