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Former USGA Employee Allegedly Made over $1 Million Selling Stolen US Open Tickets

Robert Fryer, a former assistant director for the U.S. Golf Association's ticketing office, has been charged with conspiracy and wire and mail fraud for stealing men's U.S. Open tickets and selling them to resale companies, per Jeremy Roebuck of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

He's facing a maximum possible sentence of 300 years in prison.

Per that report, Fryer has been accused of "conspiring with two eastern Pennsylvania ticket resale companies to provide 23,000 pilfered passes to U.S. Men’s Open tournaments between 2013 and 2019—with a face value of more than $3.4 million.