Ticket frauders jailed

Three men who ran the fraudulent Xclusive ticketing scam have been jailed, one for eight years. The three defendants, Terence Shepherd, Alan Scott and Allan Schaverien ran various companies under the Xclusive banner that claimed to be able to provide elusive tickets for sold out sports and music events, in particular the 2008 Beijing Olympics and various music festivals. Over £5 million is believed to have been defrauded. A number of relatives of UK competitors at the 2008 Bejing Olympics were those left devastated when tickets failed to arrive. Shephard was sentenced to eight years in jail while Scott got seven years. Both were banned from being company directors for fifteen and ten years respectively. Schaverien, who had pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting fraudulent trading, was sentenced for two years and eight months by Judge Martin Beddoe.