Liverpool issue bans as £1.2m seized from ticket touts
Summary
Liverpool Football Club and Merseyside Police have taken action against illegal ticket selling by seizing over £1.2 million in assets and issuing more than 400 lifetime bans. The club also canceled thousands of suspicious ticket accounts and worked to ensure genuine fans could buy tickets fairly.Key Facts
- Liverpool and Merseyside Police seized over £1.2 million connected to illegal ticket sales.
- Liverpool issued 432 lifetime bans and 115 indefinite suspensions for ticket touting.
- Last season, Liverpool reviewed nearly 700,000 ticket registrations.
- About 67,663 suspected fake accounts were blocked or canceled; 121,379 are under investigation.
- Around 3,847 suspicious tickets were canceled and resold to genuine fans.
- Matchday checks denied entry to about 300 suspicious accounts per home game.
- The seized money was shared between Merseyside Police and the UK Home Office.
- Liverpool shut down 145,000 ticket accounts over the previous two years to fight illegal ticket sales.
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