Police indict seven suspects for trading black market tickets for singer Lim Young Woong and actor Byeon WooSeok's concerts for up to 2.35 million won

Suspects who used macros to buy tickets to popular concerts on the black market were arrested. On the 1st, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Crime Prevention and Order Division arrested five men in their 20s and two women in their 20s on suspicion of violating the Public Performances Act.
The police revealed that they had been indicting seven people, including one woman in her 20s and one woman in her 30s, since March. According to the police, they used a macro (an automatic repeat program) to steal tickets to concerts by famous singers and actors.
The suspects, all of whom are in their 20s and 30s and familiar with using computers, were involved in a number of ticket sales that required tens to hundreds of thousands of reservations and waiting in line.
In this way, a woman in her 20s, Ms. A, made about 100 million won (
The criminal proceeds amounted to approximately 10 million yen. A man in his 20s, Mr. B, bought 37 tickets to a concert by singer Na Hoon-ah from June to August, which was known as her retirement concert and saw even more bookings go wild.
Although only a maximum of four tickets were allowed to be purchased in advance per person, Mr. B used a macro to reserve up to nine tickets.
The suspects investigated the black market tickets and found that they were being traded for up to 30 times the retail price.
It was revealed that a single ticket for a concert by singer Lim Young Woong, who had hinted at strong legal action against illegal scalpers, was sold for 187,000 won (approximately 17,800 yen).
The price has soared to 800,000 won. In particular, in the case of the fan meeting of actor Byeon WooSeok held in July, tickets with a list price of 77,000 won were sold for 2.35 million won.
There have been cases like this, which was shocking. The war against illegal tickets has been ongoing. In response, a system was established in which management offices and play guides would be rewarded for reporting illegal ticket transactions.
Since this is the first case to be uncovered since the revised performance law came into effect in March, the police said, "We have established that the use of macro programs was
"Because this is the most important issue, we were able to confirm all of their criminal allegations during the search at their homes through legal investigations and close cooperation with the ticket sellers."
Meanwhile, the police are considering whether to charge the suspects with obstruction of business under the Criminal Code and violation of the Information and Communications Network Act in addition to the Public Performance Act.
The total amount of criminal proceeds is estimated to be 130 million won and is expected to increase.