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Xclusive staff arrested on suspicion of fraud.
Serious Fraud Office investigate online tickets scam
By Gordon Masson
FIVE PEOPLE BEHIND A SUSPECTED rogue ticketing operation have been arrested by police during raids connected with a probe into one of this summer's most high-profile online frauds.
Serious Fraud Office investigators and officers of the Metropolitan Police hit four London addresses at the end of last month. The operation followed complaints about the failure of several companies to supply around 18,000 tickets for a number of UK music festivals, as well as events such as the Beijing Olympics.
The raids, which took place on November 25, targeted three residential properties and one business property and resulted in four men and a woman being arrested. The suspects were interviewed and released on unconditional bail.
Xlcusive Tickets Ltd and Xclusive Leisure & Hospitality Ltd went into liquidation in August owing an estimated #5m to approximately 4,000 people in around 60 countries.
The Metropolitan Police would not comment, but a spokeswoman for the Serious Fraud Office reveals that their investigation was launched in September following a referral from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR). Officers ...
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