
The Canadian police arrested two individuals for selling fake concert and sporting tickets in the Greater Toronto Area. One of the men is of Indian Origin, a37 year old resident of Toronto, Jaspal Thiara, and Jordan Cordeiro, a 29 year old resident of Mississauga, were arrested.
It was found that people who bought tickets from them received fake emails. Which led to $100,000 loss for the victims.
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They contacted the victims through their social media, and frauded them.
Jaspal was arrested on 27th march and Cordeiro was arrested on 19th march he was charged with $5000, he is scheduled to appear in Ontario court on April 22 .
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To avoid such kind of fraude one should always buy tickets from the official websites, and avoid any third party involvement. This note of safety is provided by Canadian police. They also encouraged people to double check every time they purchase any ticket from online.