SINGAPORE: A man who was charged with helping three people gatecrash a Taylor Swift concert is now accused of selling one of them fake VIP tickets and convincing security guards at the concert venue that the tickets were real.
Yang Chenguang, a 29-year-old Chinese national, was first charged on Mar 6 over helping three people – Shangguan Linmo, Hu Zhijin and Yang Junhao – to enter the concert at the Singapore Sports Hub on Mar 4.
This was Swift’s third day of her Eras Tour in Singapore.
He allegedly distracted a security officer by talking to him while co-accused Li Xiaowei, 45, held onto a turnstile so the trio could enter the concert.
However, Yang Chenguang’s charge was amended to now state that he had entered into the “person check security area” of the Singapore Sports Hub on Mar 4 to cheat the security officers stationed inside the National Stadium.
He allegedly deceived them into believing that the trio had valid Singapore Eras Tour tickets, inducing them to allow the trio to enter the concert venue.
Yang Chenguang was also handed a second fresh charge on Wednesday (Mar 20).
He is accused of cheating Yang Junhao – one of the alleged trespassers – into believing he was purchasing three genuine VIP Singapore Eras Tickets.
The cheating allegedly occurred on the same day as the concert.
According to the charge, Yang Chenguang asked Yang Junhao to make a payment of 12,000 yuan (S$2,240) to an Alipay user for three tickets.
He concealed the fact that he did not have the tickets and induced Yang Junhao into paying 12,000 yuan via Alipay, the charge reads.
After receiving this fresh charge, Yang Chenguang indicated that he would be pleading guilty.
His co-accused Li, whose abetting trespass charge was similarly amended to include the alleged cheating of the security guards, also indicated he would plead guilty.
Both men have been remanded since Mar 6.
For abetting trespass, they could be jailed for up to three months, fined up to S$1,500, or both.
For cheating, Yang Chenguang could be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.