Olympics executive arrested on suspicion of scalping tickets in Rio
 

Olympics executive arrested on suspicion of scalping tickets in Rio
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Police in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday arrested an International Olympics Committee executive on suspicion of being involved in an Olympics ticket-scalping ring.

Patrick Hickey, 71, has been an IOC executive board member since 2012. He also heads the European Olympic Committees and is the president of the Olympic Council of Ireland.*

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"Civil police discovered the involvement of Patrick in the international scheme of ticket scalping," Rio police said, according to The *Associated Press.*

Hickey and others are accused of selling Olympics tickets illegally, though it's unclear whether Hickey himself has allegedly received any money from the operation. Read more...

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