Officials in Queens, New York, arrest two individuals for exploiting a backdoor at a StubHub contractor to intercept and re-sell almost 1,000 tickets to popular events.

The thieves, including one in Queens, allegedly stole more than 900 event tickets by intercepting URLs for StubHub customers, authorities say.

A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events.

New York prosecutors say that two people working at a third-party contractor for the StubHub online ticket marketplace made $635,000 after almost 1,000 concert tickets and reselling them online.

The Queens D.A.'s Office claims that the defendants exploited "high-profile events to profit at the [expense] of others"

The digital tickets were stolen from StubHub by employees of a third party contractor in Jamaica, prosecutors say

A Jamaican is among two arrested and charged with second-degree grand larceny, first and fourth-degree computer tampering, and fourth-degree conspiracy in New York in connection with the theft of some 1,

Ex-employees of a former StubHub vendor allegedly redirected and resold nearly 1,000 concert tickets for Taylor Swift, Adele and Ed Sheeran, among others.

Prosecutors say the conspirators used the popularity of the pop star's Eras Tour to make an "extraordinary profit."

Prosecutors are charging two individuals in a scheme where they allege the pair stole and resold tickets from Stubhub - for several concerts including Swift’s Eras tour - making over $600k. NBC News’ Savannah Sellers explains.

Two individuals have been arrested and arraigned in New York City for stealing more than 900 concert tickets, many of which were for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, and making more than $600,000 in the process.