Scalping ring probe looks ‘to someone from FIFA’

Published July 3, 2014 8:39pm ET



RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police who are investigating ticket scalping at the World Cup are alleging “someone from FIFA” is a source of tickets being resold for many times the face value.

Rio police Inspector Fabio Barucke on Thursday said the person under investigation was staying at Rio’s Copacabana Palace Hotel, where some of FIFA’s highly-ranked officials and MATCH Hospitality — which holds the rights to the World Cup hospitality program — are based.

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