A man who bought more than 110 football game tickets with stolen credit cards and then sold them to the CU-CSU game in September is being sought by University of Colorado police.
Commander Tim McGraw of the CU police department said that multiple accounts were used to make the purchases of the “print-at-home” tickets which were then sold to unsuspecting fans.
The people who bought the tickets are not suspected of any wrongdoing and are being sought as witnesses, said McGraw.
“It’s our estimation that those who bought the tickets can help us identify the person who sold them, and the fans that bought them are under no suspicion at all,” said McGraw. “We’re simply looking for fans who were duped into buying these tickets without knowing they were stolen.”
The suspect advertised the tickets over the Internet and then sold them as the fans responded to the ads.
The police are asking anyone who purchased a ticket to sections 105, 106, 217 or 219 on Saturday Sept. 5, or Sunday, Sept. 6 over the Internet to contact Detective Brian Jordan at 303-492-8168.
McGraw said the investigation has taken several months due to “many complex leads”.
McGraw said that as a result of the scam, the CU Athletics Ticket Office has implemented new procedures to prevent similar incidents.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com
