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The “unauthorized” list of Premier League ticket sellers includes more than 50 websites, including Stubhub and Vivid Seats, where Chelsea FC owner Todd Buhle is a director and investor.
The companies running black market resale operations are registered in countries such as Spain, Dubai, Germany and Estonia.
They are able to do this freely because the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act only applies to ticket resales that occur within England and Wales – so they are untouchable.
BBC Sport looked at four sites that listed tens of thousands of Premier League tickets.
For example, more than 18,000 tickets were advertised for Arsenal’s match against Nottingham Forest alone – almost a third of the Emirates Stadium’s capacity.
As part of the investigation we were able to easily purchase tickets on the black market for four matches.
Prices ranged from £55 to £14,962, often far exceeding face value and typically involving a large booking fee.
All our tickets were digitally converted, in one case on the morning of the match, and worked as mobile passes.
The practice has been described as “endemic” in English football, but it will not stop.
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