We’re on the other side of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour now, but the landmark 149 show world tour’s rollout was plagued by bots, resellers, and spiking ticket prices that left many unhappy fans empty-handed. Now, we know a little more about how all of that went down.

The Eras Tour was big money, no matter how you slice it. The tour inspired expensive geopolitical maneuvering in Southeast Asia, gave some sluggish American local economies a shot in the arm, and drove $261 million in box office sales after the fact. For unscrupulous resellers, it was a massive payday.

According to a new lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission filed on Monday, one elaborate ticket reselling scheme flooded Ticketmaster with an army of fake accounts, buying up sought-after tickets for live shows like Swift’s Era

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