Taylor Swift ticket scam: Woman hit with more charges, now accused of cheating 82 victims of $119k
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In March 2024, Taylor Swift performed six nights of The Eras Tour in Singapore.
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SINGAPORE – A woman who was previously charged with cheating a woman in a Taylor Swift concert ticket scam now faces charges involving more than $119,000 and 82 victims.
Foo Mei Qi, 29, was hauled to court on Sept 19 and handed two new cheating charges. Her first cheating charge in March
In the first charge, Foo was accused of duping a woman into transferring $350 to her in September 2023 by deceiving the victim into believing she was selling tickets to Taylor Swift’s concerts here.
The amended charge now states that she allegedly cheated 76 victims of more than $110,700 from June 2023 to February 2024.
Her two new charges involve six victims in total.
According to charge sheets, Foo allegedly cheated three victims of $7,780 between September 2023 and February 2024 by claiming she was selling Taylor Swift concert tickets.
In March, Swift performed six nights of The Eras Tour in Singapore, which was her only stop in South-east Asia.
Foo is also said to have cheated another three victims in January 2024 into believing she would sell them tickets for Bruno Mars’ concerts in Singapore. These victims paid her a total of $1,039.
The American pop star performed at the National Stadium on April 3, April 5 and April 6.
Foo was arrested in March after the police received multiple reports from victims who were allegedly cheated by a seller on online marketplace Carousell.
Upon receiving payment via PayNow or bank transfer, she failed to deliver the concert tickets and became uncontactable, the police said in an earlier statement.
Foo’s pre-trial conference will take place in October.
