Ticketmaster COO Amy Howe Exiting Company DuCharme stated, “Ticketmaster employees repeatedly - and illegally - accessed a competitor’s computers without authorization using stolen passwords to unlawfully collect business intelligence.” Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Seth D. Ticketmaster, which is owned by Live Nation, previously settled a lawsuit brought by Songkick by agreeing to pay the company’s owners $110 million and acquire its remaining assets. The agreement was reached following an investigation by federal prosecutors in New York over prior allegations brought by ticket seller Songkick, which accused a former employee hired by Ticketmaster of covertly accessing its computer systems in an effort to help Ticketmaster gain a competitive advantage.

30). The fine is part of a deferred prosecution agreement that Ticketmaster has entered with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York over five counts of alleged criminal conduct including charges of computer intrusion and fraud.

Ticketmaster will pay a $10 million fine to resolve criminal charges from the Department of Justice that it illegally accessed a rival company’s computer systems in repeated occasions, it was announced Wednesday (Dec.

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