The pair made almost £9m from their crimes, a hearing in Leeds is told.
Two internet ticket touts who resold tickets for events by artists including Ed Sheeran have been ordered to repay more than £6m.
Its lengthy investigation and a complex financial investigation conducted by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Economic Crime Unit had found the pair benefited from their crimes by £8,750,732.00.A confiscation hearing at Leeds Crown Court ordered the men to repay more than £6m Ramona Senior, unit head at RECU, said it resulted in the public turning to a secondary market "forcing them to pay significantly inflated prices".
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