Justice Department Files Complaint Against California Ticket Broker for Using Unlawful Tactics to Purchase Millions of Tickets to Popular Live Events
Today, the Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced the filing of a complaint against REPS & Company Inc. (REPS), a California corporation, along with three of its executives — Ryan Pancheri, Brian Archibald, and Nicholas Totagrande — for violations of the FTC Act and the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act, which prohibits circumventing the measures Internet ticket...
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Today, the Department of Justice, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), announced the filing of a complaint against REPS & Company Inc. (REPS), a California corporation, along with three of its executives — Ryan Pancheri, Brian Archibald, and Nicholas Totagrande — for violations of the FTC Act and the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act, which prohibits circumventing the measures Internet ticket...
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- U.S. Department of JusticePrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%Justice Department Files Complaint Against California Ticket Broker for Using Unlawful Tactics to Purchase Millions of Tickets to Popular Live Events ↗
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