UK ticket touts ordered to repay over £6m

Peter Hunter and David Smith, who operated as the company BZZ Limited, were convicted in 2020 of fraudulently reselling event tickets

News By James Hanley | 15 December 2022

The defendants purchased more than 750 Ed Sheeran tickets in 2017 

Two UK-based ticket touts, who were jailed after fraudulently reselling event tickets, have been ordered to pay back more than £6 million (€6.96m) or face a further eight years in prison.

Peter Hunter and David Smith, who operated as the company BZZ Limited, were jailed in February 2020 for four years and 30 months, respectively, following an investigation by the National Trading Standards eCrime Team and trial at Leeds Crown Court.

The pair committed offences between May 2010 and December 2017, making a…

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