BBC · Feb 26
Ticket tout targeted Arab Liverpool fans in scam
The tout was caught before the Liverpool v Arsenal match in AugustA ticket tout who targeted Liverpool FC fans from the Middle East has been banned from games for three years.
Abdelmohaimen Mohamed, from Manchester, was spotted on CCTV "meeting and greeting" punters on Paisley Square in Liverpool, Merseyside Police said.
The 33-year-old was initially caught trying to sell tickets to a couple from Seattle in the United States before Liverpool's match with Arsenal in August.
He admitted "selling/disposing of a ticket for a designated football match – otherwise known as ticket touting" at Sefton Magistrates Court.