Thursday, August 23, 2012

Some victims buy tickets from out-of-state sellers who claim to be Disney employees, while others ar




Police said a victim responded to an ad on Craigslist to buy six or seven tickets valued at $87 each for $55 each, said Sgt. Mike Austin of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's Carson station. After meeting up with the man at a Carson shopping center, the party was rejected at the Disneyland gate because tickets with the same barcode had already been used.
Sgt. Allan Roman of Anaheim Police Department said officers sometimes are called to investigate such fraudulent tickets, when visitors are rejected at the gate, but he had no estimate of the frequency.
Some victims buy tickets from out-of-state sellers who claim to be Disney employees, while others are closer to home and buy tickets with stolen credit cards. An arrest was made as recently as a month ago, Roman said.
In the Carson case, police believe Hutchinson purchased Disneyland tickets online and printed out multiple copies to sell. Disneyland employees rejected the tickets because kenai alaska lodging they had already kenai alaska lodging been used.
The victim filed a police report and police to set up surveillance when the victim met up again with him under the premise of buying additional tickets, police said. The victim had hoped to confront Hutchinson and get a refund. Police arrested Hutchinson when he arrived and the victim identified him, police said.
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