Liverpool FC, working with Merseyside Police, issues 432 lifetime bans following a crackdown on illegal ticket selling. Multiple outlets report that more than £1.2 million in assets linked to ticket touting is seized by police as part of the operation. The clubs’ investigations team cooperates with the force’s economic crime unit and analyses data from hundreds of thousands of ticket registrations, reported as close to 700,000, to identify people involved in illicit activity and the suspected laundering of proceeds from illegal ticket sales. The reports say some cases are handled under the UK Proceeds of Crime Act, and that at least some individuals have already been convicted, with another person expected to appear in court. The seized assets are detained and are said to be split between Merseyside Police and the Home Office. The operation is described as the first of its kind between a Premier League club and its local police authority.
Liverpool and Merseyside Police issue 432 lifetime bans after £1.2m seized from ticket touts
Liverpool FC, working with Merseyside Police, issues 432 lifetime bans following a crackdown on illegal ticket selling. Multiple outlets report that more than £1.2 million in assets linked to ticket t...
- Liverpool FC issues 432 lifetime bans in relation to ticket touting.
- Merseyside Police seize more than £1.2 million in assets connected to illegal ticket sales.
- The investigation involves analysis of a large volume of ticket registrations, reported at nearly 700,000.
- Cases involve suspected criminal proceeds and are reported to use the Proceeds of Crime Act.
- Reports say there have been convictions and another matter is due in court; proceeds are split between Merseyside Police and the Home Office.
Liverpool Ticket Touting Crackdown Sees 432 Lifetime Bans After £1.2m SeizedLiverpool have drawn a hard line on ticket touting, and about time too. The club has handed out 432 lifetime bans and 115 i...
2 hours agoAlmost 700,000 ticket registrations were analysedClub worked with local police economic crime teamMore than £1.2m in assets have been seized and 432 lifetime bans issued as part of a clampdown by Liverpool FC and Merseyside police on ticket touting. In the first operation of its kind between a Premier League club and their local police authority, Liverpool’s investigations team worked with the force’s economic crime team to analyse almost 700,000 ticket registrations last season and to focus on the laundering of criminal proceeds from illicit ticket sales.The joint investigation has led to £1.2m in assets related to organised ticket touts being detained with several cases taking place under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Two people have been convicted and another is due in court next month. The assets seized will be split between Merseyside police and the Home Office. Continue reading...
6 hours agoA club statement released on Wednesday said 432 lifetime bans had been issued in their latest operation over the 2025-26 season.
8 hours agoLiverpool issue hundreds of lifetime bans after more than £1.2m of assets relating to the illegal selling of tickets was seized by police.
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