In the emails, they said, the ring planned to sell at inflated prices and earn as much as 10 million reais ($3.09 million) in profit. Brazilian police said on Tuesday they had uncovered emails between detained International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Patrick Hickey and the British owner of a ticketing company they said masterminded a scheme selling Olympic tickets illegally. PRO10 "served to facilitate tickets for THG, so it could tout those tickets, disguised through hospitality services," said Ricardo Barbosa, another of the police inspectors. Police say they seized more than 1,000 tickets from THG Sports in two separate raids in Rio. A judge has ordered the arrest of four more THG executives on accusations of fraudulent ticket sales at the Olympics.

Source: dna August 24, 2016 04:30 UTC