[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto man accused of selling fake Tragically Hip tickets"

[rfmcdonald]

The Toronto Star reports on a very Canadian crime.

A Toronto man has been arrested and charged after fake tickets for one of Tragically Hip’s last concerts were sold on online, Wednesday.

Durham Police said a woman found a listing the band’s Toronto show on Kijiji, and met up with the seller in Scarborough to buy two tickets for the August 12 show that she later believed were fake.

The woman also noticed that the ad for the same tickets remained on Kijiji, and attempted to contact the seller again using a different name.

The seller then sent a picture of the tickets for the same section and seat numbers, where she then contacted police.

Officers then set up a meeting with the seller. Upon arrival, the suspect fled but was arrested after a brief stuggle, the police statement said.