Counterfeit Disney Ticket Seller Surrenders
File under: Not so magical. A former Shanghai Disneyland employee turned himself into police after allegedly selling counterfeit Disney tickets.
Selling Counterfeit Disney Ticket Tickets From Home
Chen Huizhi of Shine reported:
[Mr.] Fan allegedly produced over 6,000 fake e-tickets for Shanghai Disneyland and made over 2.2 million yuan (US $318,000.00) from selling them.
Fan resigned from Disney in 2018 and produced the fake tickets at home from December 2018 to April 2019.
He had access to the company website to download e-tickets the company gives to its employees, but the tickets he downloaded had expired since he no longer worked for the company.
Fan Thought He Had More Time
Apparently, the ex-Disney employee was out of work since he left the Shanghai Disneyland last year.
Shine reported:
Fan sold the tickets at 100 to 200 yuan, and to cover the fraud before the tourists visited the park, he bought authentic tickets for them.
Fan gathered a large amount in a short time and thought he could make more money with the money before paying for the expensive authentic tickets. He believed that most people who purchased the tickets wouldn’t go to the park right away, police said.
The former Disney employee, who had not yet been caught, turned himself into police.
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