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Liverpool issue 432 life bans and seize £1.2m in ticket tout investigation

Liverpool issue 432 life bans and seize £1.2m in ticket tout investigation

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Almost 700,000 ticket registrations were analysed Club worked with local police economic crime team More than £1.2m in assets have been seized and 432 lifetime bans issued as part of a clampdown by Liverpool FC and Merseyside police on ticket touting. In the first operation of its kind between a Premier League club and

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Almost 700,000 ticket registrations were analysed Club worked with local police economic crime team More than £1.2m in assets have been seized and 432 lifetime bans issued as part of a clampdown by Liverpool FC and Merseyside police on ticket touting.

In the first operation of its kind between a Premier League club and their local police authority, Liverpool’s investigations team worked with the force’s economic crime team to analyse almost 700,000 ticket registrations last season and to focus on the laundering of criminal proceeds from illicit ticket sales.

The joint investigation has led to £1.2m in assets related to organised ticket touts being detained with several cases taking place under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Two people have been convicted and another is due in court next month.

The assets seized will be split between Merseyside police and the Home Office. Continue reading...

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