On Wednesday (23 Oct), all 150,000 tickets for Jay Chou’s four shows in Taipei sold out in just five minutes, with over 890,000 accounts logging in to snag a tix.
The Taiwanese pop star will be performing at the Taipei Dome from 5 to 8 Dec, his first show in Taiwan in 7 years.
Following the quick sales, some opportunistic individuals have resold the tickets at exorbitant prices.
Source: 杰威爾音樂 JVR Music on Facebook
Shin Min Daily News reported that the highest-priced rock zone ticket of NT$6,880 (S$284) was resold for as much as NT$300,000 (S$12,000).
After receiving reports of scalping cases, the Taipei City Police Department Criminal Investigation Division formed a task force to crack down on scalping platforms.
They later uncovered the nation’s largest scalper platform on X, @yiyiticket. With over 50,000 followers, it attracted numerous netizens by guaranteeing pre-sale tickets for Jay Chou’s Taipei Arena concert, reports Taiwanese news outlet TVBS.
Police investigation led to the arrest of a married couple at a five-star hotel in Taoyuan on Thursday (24 Oct).
Source: Taipei Times
The couple, 43-year-old Liu and 33-year-old Zhang, was found to have been running the operation and making money through illegal ticket reselling for concerts over the past ten years.
They had also established websites and posted ads on various online platforms, such as LINE, Facebook, and Shopee.
Police seized their phones and found many netizens asking the pair about their resold tickets.
It’s revealed that the suspects had used illegal programs to purchase tickets for Jay Chou’s concert and successfully snatched 50 tickets with serial numbers from the official website, tixcraft.
They then resold the tickets and collected around NT$2 million (S$82,000) in deposits from 64 individuals.
Both were transported to the Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office for questioning for fraud and document forgery.
Zhang was released on bail of NT$200,000 (S$8,200) with travel restrictions, but Liu was detained and denied visitation.
A police request has been sent to the Cultural Affairs Bureau to invalidate over 170 tickets suspected to be listed on scalping platforms.
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Featured image adapted from Taipei Times and @jaychou on Instagram.
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