Lima, Oct 21 (EFE) .- The Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office opened a preliminary investigation this Friday to clarify the numerous complaints for the resale of false tickets at the concerts that reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee gave in Lima, a case that affected about 7,000 people, according to data from the National Police.
“The Public Ministry ordered to open (a) preliminary investigation for the alleged crimes of fraud and identity theft against those who are responsible for the online sale of numerous fake concert tickets,” the Prosecutor’s Office wrote on Twitter.
In a statement, he pointed out that the investigation was declared complex and that for this reason a maximum period of eight months was established for the corresponding proceedings.
In addition, he reported that at least four people have been included in the investigation as investigated, after several complainants revealed that “unknown subjects would have taken the opportunity to buy original tickets and in turn resell them to different people, making them believe that they bought original tickets.”
“Although the ticket was original, this in turn had been resold to different people, as if it were different tickets. It was determined that those who have been included as investigated in the tax file would have been involved in these events,” he added. the Public Ministry.
The Prosecutor’s Office recalled that the crime of fraud is punishable by imprisonment for between one and six years, while the crime of identity theft is punishable by between three and five years in prison.
The case about the scams at Daddy Yankee’s concerts in Lima became known on Thursday, when the Police reported that they had to withdraw more than 7,000 people from the National Stadium, where the concert was held, because their ticket had already been sold. or read by the reader of the QR codes that each ticket has.
According to police sources, they were able to verify that 367 people tried to enter with the same QR code associated with a ticket, which means that “it was sold that number of times.”
They detailed that some of the swindled had paid 4,000 soles (about 1,000 dollars) for two tickets and that “a complaint recorded that a man had bought 10 tickets for 18,000 soles (about 4,500 dollars).”
According to the official website, the price of tickets ranged from 176 soles (about 44 dollars) to 670 soles (168 dollars).
Daddy Yankee’s concerts this Tuesday and Wednesday in Lima generated great expectation, which led fans to crowd at the gates of the stadium and form long queues, sometimes for days to enter the first.
According to the Police, two of those involved in the scams fled to Colombia, while one person, considered to be the leader of the group, fled to Spain.
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The Peruvian Prosecutor’s Office opens an investigation into scams at Daddy Yankee concerts