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By Mark Lister A “greedy and dishonest” ticket tout gang ripped off music fans for more than £6.5million over two years, a court heard yesterday. It is alleged Mark Woods, 59, and Lynda Chenery, 51, targeted fans by fraudulently buying huge numbers of seats and reselling them for vast profits. It is claimed fake accounts were set up to buy tickets from Ticketmaster and resell them on Viagogo and StubHub. Prosecutor Jonathan Sandiford KC, for Trading Standards, claimed Woods and Chenery exploited Little Mix and Ed Sheeran fans. He said: “What this case is about is greed and dishonesty. The two …

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