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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Madeline Sherratt

Georgia man accused of selling $1m worth of fake college football and concert tickets

Matthew Timothy Neet (pictured) was arrested in early November over the alleged scam - (Jones County Sheriff's Office)

A Georgia man has been accused of selling fake college football and concert tickets worth more than $1m.

Matthew Timothy Neet, 42, allegedly conned over 30 victims across the state into handing over $1.3m in exchange for University of Georgia football tickets, Taylor Swift concert tickets, Masters Golf Tournament tickets and real estate – none of which actually existed.

Jones County Sheriff’s Office said that Neet would typically advertise the non-existent items for sale online.

Investigators first noticed a scam involving fake UGA tickets before finding that an alleged broader, multifaceted scam had been going on “for quite some time,” the sheriff’s office said.

Neet was arrested in Louisiana in early November and charged in Jones County with theft by conversion for selling counterfeit season tickets to Georgia Bulldogs Football games for $4,700, the sheriff’s office announced on Friday.

Investigator John Simmons told The Independent that multiple agencies in Georgia and other states are also “actively taking warrants for the same thing” against Neet.

He was extradited to Jones County Jail on 5 November and has since been denied bond.

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