6 who are charged in crime ring to publish tickets that have been received free of charge by non -profit organizations

The investigators of the Pennsylvania state police said they had broken a complex organized crime ring, in which people aimed free tickets for professional and college games.

The tickets were intended for disadvantaged children, and the state police said the conspiracy took years.

What happened?

Within tickets for children charity organizations in Blawnox, there are pictures of children in need that benefit from the mission of the non -profit organization.

“We only exist to offer under -provision children experiences that they otherwise cannot get,” said Brandice Miller, Executive Director.

“Children also see career opportunities when they are at events,” added Miller. “You can experience joy, there is a feeling of belonging.”

The state police have raised criminal charges against persons who are accused of stolen these experiences of children by cheating charges for children.

“The individuals and companies that have been calculated have explored tickets for children by using other non -profit organizations to receive these free donated tickets from tickets for children,” said Trooper Rocco Gagliardi on Thursday.

Six People, a Pittsburgh-Ticket sales business and a non-profit organization by Johnstown are charged with the system.

They received the free tickets for Steelers, Pirates, Penguins and Pitt games and “either sold them or gave them to their friends or family,” said Gagliardi.

From 2019 to 2024 it is said in court documents that one of the suspicious 7,235 tickets worth more than 207,000 US dollars. In another case, the state police ordered a suspicious fraudulent fraudulent 536 tickets for various events worth more than $ 16,000.

“I find it very discouraging that there are individuals out there who want to use an organization that works like us,” said Miller.