Despite for-profit ticket resales being under heavy scrutiny in the U.K. by the media and politicians alike, a high number of tickets posted on StubHub International by a single reseller for the nearly sold-out Lewis Capaldi tour has drawn scrutiny.

A highly active “tout,” or ticket reseller, reportedly advertised more than 300 tickets to the tour on the platform at large markups, sometimes three times to face value. The news was first reported by The Guardian . “These listings give very clear reason to suspect industrial-scale criminality,” Reg Walker, a ticketing and security expert, told the publication.

It should be noted that StubHub International is a separate company from the similarly named U.S. platform. When StubHub was purchased by Viagogo in 2021, the business was div

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