PBA ticket scalpers arrested ahead of Finals Game 6

Bay Area import Myles Powell challenges Barangay Ginebra guard Scottie Thompson during Game 6 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals. PBA PICTURES

MANILA, Philippines—The PBA on Wednesday thanked the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) following the arrest of scalpers who allegedly sold tickets for Game 6 of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals online.

Commissioner Willie Marcial said the QCPD anti-cybercrime division arrested three people in a sting operation outside the Smart Araneta Coliseum on the night of the match between Barangay Ginebra and Bay Area.

“Thanks [QCPD chief Nicolas Torre] and the anti-cybercrime unit to assist us in arresting those who are scalping online,” Marcial said in Filipino while speaking to members of the press before the Ginebra-Bay Area affair.

Marcial said the QCPD was able to take 50 tickets, most of which were in the upper box section.

A video courtesy of the QCPD and shared by the league shows one suspect trying to avoid the arrest of officers posing as an individual looking to finalize a deal.

Scalping was banned in Quezon City through an ordinance introduced by former PBA player and coach Franz Pumaren in 1997 and later amended in 2018.

But that does not prevent scalpers from finding ways to deal through online means, something the league continues to address.

Marcial also said that the PBA is also dealing with online scammers who pretend to sell tickets.

“We warned the public of this plan, and that the QCPD helped us in trying to resolve this case,” he said.

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