On the evening of March 17, at JJ Lin’s Hangzhou concert, fans were enthusiastic and interested. Tickets for the concert were hard to get. The “scalpers” at the venue actually led fans to charge tickets without tickets. Some people even wore fluorescent clothes and pretended to be security guards?
On social media, some netizens posted that on the first day, a scalper pulled a customer and felt like "I hate the iron." The scalper kept trying to rush in, but the customer was still standing there. The order on the second day was great. When the scalpers took advantage of the opportunity and tried to bring people in, they were beaten.
Some netizens posted that they were listening to music outside the venue and saw three scalpers being taken into a SWAT car.
On March 18, the police in the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium jurisdiction responded that scalpers posing as security guards had been caught and a wave of arrests had been made. Multiple police stations were jointly handling the case and would punish them.
Netizens are also discussing this matter. Some people believe that this kind of scalping behavior must be severely punished. Some people also said that this behavior is too dangerous and can easily lead to stampedes.
Arrogant "scalpers" bring fans into concerts This has happened many times before
In fact, this is not the first time that this kind of scalpers bring fans into concerts without tickets.
At a concert at the Olympic Sports Center in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province in October 2023, many ticketless spectators entered through a fence on the east side of the stadium with the help of scalpers, charging more than 100 yuan per person.
In the early morning of October 16, the police in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province raided and captured four "scalpers" who were discussing how to divide the stolen goods. After the four people arrived at the case, they confessed to the illegal behavior of reselling more than 100 scalped tickets around the stadium before and after the concert, and helping dozens of people without tickets to illegally enter the venue from the fence to watch the concert. Subsequently, the four people have He was detained administratively in accordance with the law.
On October 12, 2023, during the admission of the audience at Jay Chou's concert at the Shanghai Stadium, the Xuhui police received a report from the on-site staff: Someone forced the fans through the ticket gate.
After investigation, the illegal perpetrator Wu (male, 37 years old) was looking for fans without tickets around the stadium and falsely claimed that he could bring them into the venue for 2,600 yuan per person. He then took the two fans to the ticket gate and forced them in through the gate despite the dissuasion of the ticket inspector. Upon seeing this, the ticket inspector immediately called on-site security. The fan was stopped, and Wu fled the scene. The police quickly captured him.
The police reminded that most concert tickets now implement a strong real-name system, and only one person and ID can be admitted. Fans are advised not to believe the so-called "tickets are for sale" and "can be brought into the venue". Don’t be fooled by scalpers again!
(Source: Red Star News)
