Rugby fans lost £1.8m in ticket scam

The fraudsters who raked in £1.8m from a fake rugby ticket con are facing jail. Jermaine Daley, 40, and Andy Mensah, 33, ran the scam which sparked over 100 reports from angry sports fans. Corporate hospitality tickets for England games at Twickenham were sold through two firms, Extreme Events Limited and Elite Direct Advertising, between February 2017 and March 2018. After buying tickets, victims were contacted saying their booking had been cancelled but when they tried requesting a refund they…