Man held in sale of fake Vicente Fernandez tickets
A man suspected of selling fake concert tickets on Facebook for Mexican ranchera singer Vicente Fernandez has been arrested, authorities said Wednesday night.
The 24-year-old man is accused of altering PDF files of Ticketmaster tickets and selling them to a number of victims on Facebook and Craigslist, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The suspect, Ricardo Gonzalez, allegedly provided investigators with a “full confession and the names of additional victims,†department officials said in a statement.
“Each sale consisted of groups of tickets and resulted in significant monetary loss,†officials said.
Gonzalez was being held in the jail at the Pico Rivera sheriff’s station in lieu of $20,000 bail.
Known to his fans as “Chente,†Fernandez is considered one of the greats of ranchera music, a genre that originated on ranches and in areas of rural Mexico.
Anyone with information in the case is asked to call deputies at (626) 949-2421.
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