Symbol copyright Getty Photographs Symbol caption Fans found to have bought tickets thru Viagogo could be refused entry to the arena Cup
Football’s ruling body Fifa has filed a criticism against ticket website online Viagogo over the corporate’s “opaque and misleading” practices.
In a statement, Fifa warned it would cancel any International Cup tickets identified as having been bought through the Swiss-based web page.
It said it was once combating price tag resales to “prioritise the protection and safety of enthusiasts”.
The 2018 Fifa Global Cup starts in Russia on 14 June.
Fifa mentioned it had filed the criticism in opposition to Viagogo with the general public prosecutor’s place of work in Geneva on Monday following “a large number of proceedings”.
Tickets to the event might be legitimately purchased via Fifa’s website online handiest, it added.
Earlier this 12 months, Fifa successfully filed for a brief injunction against Viagogo for advertising tickets to the arena Cup sooner than that they had been allotted or issued.
This isn’t the primary time that Viagogo has confronted controversy.
The website online is recently beneath research via the UK’s Nationwide Buying And Selling Requirements, after the company was once discovered to have did not make obligatory fees “sufficiently transparent”.
