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The ticketing scheme that has haunted the World Cup

“Ghost tickets” have plagued games, locking fans out of matches they paid to attend. Congress is looking to crack down, but some say loopholes are locked in.
The exterior of a world cup soccer stadium.
Fans outside San Francisco Bay Area Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., before a World Cup match between the United States and Bosnia-Herzegovina earlier this month.Stephen Lam / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Imagine scoring tickets to the biggest sporting event in the world, only to learn just before a game that you bought tickets from a seller who didn’t actually have them.

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