Four Held In Ticket Fraud Scandal
September 4th, 2009 | by admin |Four people are being held in connection with counterfeit tickets for Saturday’s World Cup qualifier between Costa Rica and Mexico, after police officials reported seizing about 550 fake tickets, prompting football officials to reissue new tickets for the match tomorrow.
Jorge Rojas, director of the Organismo de Investigacion Judicial (OIJ) said on Thursday that two of the people being held are former employees of the company SpecialTicket, that produced the tickets.
Joseph Ramiréz, a top local football official, said attendance on Saturday at Saprissa Stadium will be held at 19,500.
Saturday’s match is crucial to determining which teams reach next year’s 32-team World Cup in South Africa.
Costa Rica leads CONCACAF qualifying with 12 points, but the United States and Honduras are right behind with 10 and Mexico has 9. The top three automatically advance.
