The US Federal Trade Commission sued ticket reseller Key Investment Group for evading purchasing limits to buy up thousands of tickets to live events including Taylor Swift’s Eras tour and resell them at a markup,

The agency sued Maryland-based Key Investment Group, alleging that the company violated the BOTS Act to obtain thousands of Eras Tour tickets and resell them for millions of dollars.

The agency claims Maryland-based ticket broker KIG used "illegal means" to circumvent Ticketmaster security measures and buy hundreds of thousands of tickets to numerous events