A&M football ticket scammer sentenced to federal prison
HOUSTON, Texas (KBTX) – A California man will spend two years in federal prison for orchestrating a ticket scam across the United States, including in Aggieland.
Derrick Langford pleaded guilty to the crime in August 2023. He admitted he used email to obtain stolen credit card information from victims across the United States.
One event he was tied to was the Texas A&M football game against Clemson in 2018.
Langford admitted he created false buyer accounts and used stolen credit card numbers to buy tickets to that game and then resold the tickets on resale sites.
Texas A&M officials say the university discovered the fraud and invalidated the tickets. However, some had already been sold to unsuspecting buyers which caused the university to incur a 100% loss on the fraudulent tickets.
