We recently reported about a Fraud Disney Ticket ring involving and Orange County Woman by the name Eileen Hightower. She has recently plead guilty to stealing people’s identities and buying hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Disney tickets, and the then reselling them for profit.
Hightower is suspected to be the ring leader but she did have at least 2 other accomplices. She admitted to buying more than $360,000 worth of Disney tickets. Her husband stated that the prosecution is “a waste of time and money.” “They want to waste America’s tax dollars on someone who is going to walk out with probation. That’s a waste of your tax money, your tax money and my tax money.”
She could get up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. She has admitted to making fake cards but with real information from the over 20 identity theft victims. She bought huge amounts of Disney tickets at resorts using fake credit cards. She would then resell them to a local ticket re-seller in Central Florida.
A Disney spokesperson said the tickets involved were real and accounts exploited were not connected to Disney. Her guilty plea also requires her to pay back whatever restitution to the victims as the court sees fit.
The actual ticket re-seller has not been named and they have not been charged, but there is an ongoing investigation. Please remember to do your research!
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