Fake Imagine Dragons agent scams venue for $250k
A fraudster impersonated a representative of the Las Vegas rockers to dupe a US arena into paying an advance
News By James Hanley | 24 September 2024
A venue in the US has been conned out of $250,000 (€225,000) by a fraudster posing as an agent for Imagine Dragons.
The Town Toyota Center (TTC) in Wenatchee, Washington State, was introduced by its longtime booking agency, Los Angeles-based Harmony Artists, to an agent claiming to be James Whitting from Wasserman Music, Imagine Dragons’ live representative.
The publicly-funded 4,300-cap multi-purpose arena, which has previously hosted acts such as Backstreet Boys, Kelly Clarkson and BB King, paid the advance via wire transfer…
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