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Federal Court orders Viagogo to pay $7 million penalty for misleading Australian consumers

Federal Court orders Viagogo to pay $7 million penalty for misleading Australian consumers
May 19, 2022

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30th January 2022 - NSW Government urges consumers to avoid purchasing tickets through Viagogo

7th July 2021 - NSW Fair Trading investigates rising number of complaints against Viagogo

11th March 2021 - Federal Court allows Viagogo a reprieve in paying $7 million fine

2nd October 2020 - Federal Court hits Viagogo with $7 million fine for misleading Australian ticket buyers

4th August 2020 - Viagogo defends New Zealand ticket resale practices

5th March 2020 - Viagogo pledges to submit to New Zealand law ahead of Commerce Commission action

20th December 2019 - Melbourne Comedy Festival ticket resales prompts ‘don’t trust Viagogo’ advice

16th December 2019 - Live Performance Australia says industry is waiting for Viagogo to communicate

4th December 2019 - Live Performance Australia seeks answers from Google as Viagogo advertising returns

25th November 2019 - Viagogo acquires rival ticket reseller StubHub in US$4 billion deal

8th October 2019 - Google ban sees decline in Viagogo business activity

4th October 2019 - Court decision allows New Zealand Commerce Commission to continue Viagogo legal action

19th July 2019 - Live Performance Australia applauds Google decision to ban Viagogo

17th July 2019 - Google suspends Viagogo from paid-for global search results

18th April 2019 - Federal Court finds Viagogo guilty of misleading consumers

20th March 2019 - UK MPs call for Viagogo boycott and changes to ticket scalping laws

12th March 2019 - Viagogo blamed as 200 refused entry to Dunedin concert

11th February 2019 - Concert promoter Michael Chugg says Viagogo is ‘out of control ... f**king thieves’

6th February 2019 - Commerce Commission describes Viagogo as a ‘marketplace for scalpers and fraudsters’ in Auckland High Court

1st December 2018 - UK court ruling set to see Viagogo having to reimburse fans

12th September 2018 - Viagogo responds to calls for Google AdWords service to reject its resales

5th June 2018 - FIFA makes criminal complaint against ticket reseller Viagogo

5th October 2017 - Choice names Viagogo among Australia’s shonkiest products of 2017


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