{"id":1967019,"date":"2025-08-18T17:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1967019"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:18:22","slug":"ftc-sues-ticket-reseller-for-evading-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-ticket-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ftc-sues-ticket-reseller-for-evading-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-ticket-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC sues ticket reseller for evading Taylor Swift&#8217;s Eras tour ticket limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Federal Trade Commission sued ticket reseller Key Investment Group for evading purchasing limits to buy up thousands of tickets to live events including Taylor Swift\u2019s Eras tour and resell them at a markup, according to a complaint filed in Maryland federal court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore, Md.-based company, which operates ticket resale sites including TotalTickets.com, used thousands of Ticketmaster accounts, including fake or purchased accounts, the FTC said.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/18\/taylor-swift-addresses-ticketmaster-tour-disaster-it-really-pisses-me-off\/\">Ticketmaster faced intense criticism<\/a> after its botched 2022 sale of tickets to Swift\u2019s much-hyped New Eras Tour, when billions of requests from Swift fans, bots and ticket resellers overwhelmed its website and the company canceled a planned ticket sale to the general public.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"36862815\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/taylor-swift-performs-paris-le-109584708_17a506.jpg?resize=107,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 107w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/taylor-swift-performs-paris-le-109584708_17a506.jpg?resize=77,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 77w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/taylor-swift-performs-paris-le-109584708_17a506.jpg?resize=208,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 208w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/taylor-swift-performs-paris-le-109584708_17a506.jpg?resize=50,38&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/taylor-swift-performs-paris-le-109584708_17a506.jpg?resize=150,113&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\"\/><figcaption>Ticket reseller Key Investment Group, which operates ticket resale sites including TotalTickets.com, used thousands of Ticketmaster accounts, including fake or purchased accounts, the FTC said. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For one Swift concert, Key Investment Group used 49 different accounts to purchase 273 tickets and evade a 6-ticket purchase limit, the FTC said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said in a statement that the lawsuit puts ticket sellers on notice that the agency will go after those who circumvent ticketing platforms\u2019 limits on ticket sales.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The lawsuit is part of a crackdown President Trump\u00a0announced in March\u00a0focused on curbing exploitative ticket reselling practices that raise costs for fans.<\/p>\n<p>Key Investment Group sued the FTC in July to block its investigation, saying that its ticket purchases did not use automated software, or bots, and did not violate the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) 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