Police in Beijing's Xicheng district have detained six men accused of buying tickets for the Olympics with fake ID cards and selling them on at a profit, the Beijing Times reported yesterday. The case is the first involving Olympic ticke ... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Wed, Jun 11 2008
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| 14 Aug 08 |
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Olympic ticket scalping »
YouTube video Tickets for any Olympic events are available in Beijing at last minute but sometimes for an expensive price.
Chinese authorities have vowed to punish scalpers (sometimes known as ticket touts) but outside of Olympic venues many conversations only involve... |
| 21 Jul 08 |
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Police to detain Olympic tickets scalpers » Shanghai Daily ANYONE caught scalping Olympic tickets will be detained for 10 to 15 days, Beijing police said yesterday, according to a Beijing Times report today. Police have solved several ticket-scalping cases recently and... |
| 30 Jul 08 |
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Two men charged in Olympic ticket scalping scandal » Shanghai Daily TWO men have been charged with scalping Olympic tickets and another 40 scalpers have been caught by Beijing police as of Sunday, a Beijing newspaper reported today. Xicheng District People's Court is handling... |
| 16 Aug 08 |
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Beijing police seize 110 foreign and Chinese Olympic ticket scalpers » People's Daily The Beijing police detained 110 suspects on Friday for scalping Olympic tickets. Police have found surging ticket scalping activities while patrolling around the Olympic venues, said Shi Weiping, a police officer with the Beijing Public Security... |
| 17 Nov 08 |
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Two Games ticket scalpers jailed » People's Daily Two scalpers have been sentenced to 30 and 18 months' imprisonment and fined 447,000 yuan ($65,500) each for trying to sell 527 tickets for the Olympics Games, Beijing News reported yesterday. The ruling in the biggest Olympic ticket scalping case was... |
| 20 Aug 08 |
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Police crack down on Olympic ticket scalpers » Shanghai Daily POLICE in Beijing have caught 276 Olympic ticket scalpers, including 37 foreigners, during a campaign that was launched on August 15. They confiscated a total of 613 Olympic tickets, which will be kept as evidence,... |
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