The fan reported the incident to prosecutors who began investigating the ticket sales. The investigation revealed that several unlicensed ticket brokers had bribed Yankee ticket agents to sell them large blocks of season tickets. For example, one agent sold 300 season tickets to an unlicensed broker under the name of Linden's Cookies, Inc., supposedly for company employees. The company bought no tickets and has only 30 employees. In return for the unauthorized sales, the brokers paid the agents and often gave them some of the tickets, which the agents then scalped.
Prosecutors estimate that the agents had been involved in the scalping ring for at least five years.
The agents and brokers involved were arrested and charged with commercial bribery, grand larceny, and falsifying business records. The Yankees' chief operating officer pledged to improve its system of ticket sales so that fans will be adequately protected. Read our Privacy Policy . All rights reserved. For problems or suggestions concerning this service, please contact the webmaster .