Concert Promoter Gets More Than Six Years for ‘Hamilton’ Scam
- Joseph Meli pleaded guilty in October to securities fraud
- Case is one of several involving ticket-resale misconduct
Attendees take photographs outside of the 'Hamilton' musical in New York on May 22, 2016.
Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
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A concert promoter was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for scamming investors in a $100 million fraud that included fake promises to buy and resell tickets to popular concerts and smash musicals including the blockbuster "Hamilton."
Joseph Meli, 43, of New York, was also ordered to forfeit more than $104 million during a standing-room-only hearing in Manhattan federal court attended by his family and some of his alleged victims.