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November 5, 2007

Forty-plus people bought fake Patriots/Colts tickets

INDIANAPOLIS -- More than 40 people bought fake Patriots-Colts tickets, and police officers confiscated hundreds of other phony tickets in what investigators described as a nationwide sports counterfeiting ring.

Three Atlanta men were arrested yesterday after the police made a routine traffic stop for speeding and discovered the tickets in their car.

"This was a major arrest," police Lt. Jeffrey Duhamell said today. "These individuals counterfeit tickets and move from city to city, but they have been very hard to infiltrate. It's quite a big network."

Besides almost 200 tickets for the Patriots-Colts game, officers also found hundreds of tickets for other sporting events, including several college football games. Duhamell said the counterfeiting ring operates out of Atlanta and is under investigation in several cities.

"With the technology out there, they can do quite a whole lot with the tickets," he said. "A lot of them look good when you first see them."

Duhamell said more than 40 people paid at least $150 each for fake tickets for Sunday's game.

-- The Associated Press

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