A Canadian woman accused of scamming Taylor Swift fans with bogus tickets to her Eras Tour shows in Toronto last year has been hit with a slew of new criminal charges, DailyMail.com has learned.
Denise Cynthia Tisor was arrested for a second time on Thursday, March 20 after an investigation by Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) into a ticket fraud scheme that saw fans lose $140,000 CAD.
The 44-year-old single mom, who was previously charged in relation to the concert ticket scam last November, is now facing additional charges of fraud over $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, and money laundering.
Her boyfriend and alleged accomplice David Lloyd Blake, 56, has also been charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and money laundering.
Police executed a criminal search warrant on Thursday at a home in Burlington, Ontario – about 35 miles west of Toronto, where investigators seized four laptop computers, a tablet, four cell phones, and printed documents.
Both Tisor and Blake were arrested in the search and have since been released pending court appearances.
Denise Tisor, 44, of Burlington, Ontario is accused of selling $140,000 in bogus tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Toronto last year
Tisor had begun advertising concert tickets to Swift’s concerts at Toronto’s Rogers Centre (pictured) on Facebook Marketplace as early as August 2023 using the alias Denise Blackhawk, according to police
Authorities received 75 complaints during the course of their investigation beginning in November, and have since confirmed 55 incidents of fraud amounting to $140,000 in losses, according to HRPS.
Swift performed six concerts at Toronto’s Rogers Centre from November 14 to 16 and November 21 to 23.
Tisor is accused of advertising Eras Tour tickets on Facebook Marketplace as early as August 2023 using the alias Denise Blackhawk.
After the buyer would agree to make a purchase at the price set by Tisor, they would electronically transfer the payment in full.
When fans inquired about how to claim their tickets, Tisor informed them they would not be available to access until days before the event, only to later learn the tickets were nowhere to be found.
Police say when fans reached out to Tisor for refunds, she claimed the funds had already been sent to a third-party connection named Mark Harlow, who had disappeared.
Swift performed six concerts at Toronto’s Rogers Centre from November 14 to 16 and November 21 to 23
The woman allegedly advertised ticket sales and provided various dates and seat locations for sold-out concerts at Toronto’s Rogers Centre (pictured)
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Tisor was arrested on November 25 with fraud over $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and 32 counts each of fraud under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.
At the time, Toronto police said they had identified 28 victims who were scammed out of $70,000 in fake tickets total.
On January 15, Tisor was hit with more charges – including eight counts of fraud under $5,000 and eight counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 – as Toronto Police continued its investigation.
Police also arrested Blake and charged him with 19 counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.
On March 13, Tisor appeared virtually in front of a judge in Bradford, Ontario in connection with another charge of fraud under $5,000.
Tisor told CTV News in November that she, too, was a victim in the scam and that she had filed a police report. Her lawyer, Kim Edward, declined comment.
Burlington resident Lianne Batista said she sent nearly $2,000 CAD to Tisor for tickets for her and her daughter Teagan to see Swift’s concert on November 23.
‘Let’s hope that Taylor’s song ‘Karma’ plays on repeat in her head for all eternity,’ she wrote in a Facebook post.