Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has joined six other state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission in a lawsuit to quell ticket scalping from Ticketmaster and Live Nation.

According to a release, the suit was filed in the Central District of California against Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster. The lawsuit alleges Ticketmaster knew that ticket brokers would buy thousands of tickets above the purchase limit, preventing fans from buying the initially offered tickets.

Brokers created hundreds of "bogus" accounts and used software to log into several accounts at once, hiding their location by using proxy IP addesses, according to the release. The suit alleges Ticketmaster not only "turned a blind eye" but also sometimes "aided" brokers in r

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