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Concert Fans Swindled on Facebook - UPDATE - Suspect Arrested

3/20/2013

Pico Sheriff's Station Detectives identified, located and arrested Suspect Ricardo Gonzalez in connection with a theft by trick or device and forgery scheme involving local concert tickets.

Investigation revealed the suspect was altering PDF files of TicketMaster concert tickets. The suspect then sold the forged concert tickets to various victims.

The suspect provided Detectives with a full confession and the names of additional victims related to the crime.

The suspect was booked at Pico Rivera Sheriff's Station and charged with Forgery. His bail was set at $20,000.00.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Captain James Thornton of the Pico Rivera Sheriff's Station encourages anyone else who may have been victimized by this scheme to report the matter to authorities as soon as possible. Please contact the Pico Rivera Sheriff's Station at (562) 949-2421.

The Sheriff's Department recommends that the community be vigilant when purchasing items such as these through internet connections, particularly when the parties involved are unknown to the consumer. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

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