The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit on August 18 in the District Court of Maryland against Key Investment Group, a ticket broker in the state. According to the lawsuit, the company engaged in illegal ticket purchasing and reselling which resulted in millions of dollars in profit.

The company bought and resold hundreds of thousands of tickets, violating purchase limits for popular tours like Taylor Swift’s multi-year Eras Tour. Specifically, the suit alleges that Key Investment Group bypassed Ticketmaster‘s security measures. The company also operated under the names Epic Seats, TotalTickets.com LLC, and Totally Tix LLC.

The FTC claimed that, over a year, the Maryland company bought at least 379,776 tickets. Purchased from Ticketmaster, the tickets cost around $57 million. From t

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