WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The posted limit for Beyonce's October 1, 2023, show at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City was between four and eight tickets a buyer. A San Diego broker got around it with at least 1,300 Ticketmaster accounts and bought 7,624 tickets, the U.S. government alleged Thursday in a federal complaint, making roughly $833,323 in profit on the resale.

The defendants are REPS & Company, its chief executive Ryan Pancheri, its president Brian Archibald and its chief operating officer Nicholas Totagrande. The Federal Trade Commission voted 2-0 to refer the case, and it was filed in the Southern District of California under the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, known as the BOTS Act, and the FTC Act. The Justice Department's releas...