Yang Chenguang, 29, has also been charged with criminal trespass.
At least 960 of these victims had fallen for scams involving tickets to Swift’s concerts, and more than $538,000 was lost.
On March 4, Yang Chenguang and another Chinese national, Li Xiaowei, 45, allegedly entered a security check area at the Singapore Sports Hub to dupe security officers inside the National Stadium into believing that three other people had valid Eras Tour tickets.Two days later, Yang Chenguang and Li were each charged with one count of cheating. These charges were later amended to that of criminal trespass.
The police had said that between Jan 1 and March 12, at least 1,551 victims had fallen prey to e-commerce scams involving concert tickets, with total losses amounting to at least $737,000.
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