The lawsuit is part of a crackdown President Trump announced in March focused on curbing exploitative ticket reselling practices that raise costs for fans.

The Federal Trade Commission accused a shadowy group of flooding Ticketmaster with fake accounts to purchase and resell tickets to concerts by Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and other top artists.

The FTC is suing Key Investment Group LLC and its affiliates for allegedly using clandestine measures to bypass Ticketmaster security protocols and resell thousands of tickets to live events, including Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour",