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Man found hanged after fans link him to ticket scam

BY BRIAN McCOLLUM
FREE PRESS POP MUSIC WRITER

Nickelback performs Tuesday at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston. A Troy man, who some fans say sold them counterfeit tickets to Wednesday's Nickelback concert, was found hanged late Wednesday. (KIMBERLY P. MITCHELL/DFP)

Police are investigating a concert ticket scam that bilked about 100 fans at Wednesday's Nickelback show at DTE Energy Music Theatre.

An Oakland County Sheriff's Office spokesman said a Troy man was sought Thursday in connection with the scam.

Police would not name the suspect, but disgruntled fans pinpointed Kyle Branum as the man selling fake tickets for Wednesday's concert. Branum was found hanged in his Troy home late Wednesday night, according to the Troy Police Department.

Before word of his death emerged late Thursday, Branum had been publicly fingered by angry fans who had given him hundreds of dollars expecting to be admitted to the sold-out show. Many bilked fans wrote angry postings on the online classified board Craigslist, where the ticket transactions had been initiated.

DTE Energy Music Theatre staffers collected more than 100 of the fake tickets Wednesday evening, said venue spokesman Jeff Corey.

Katie Jennings of Sterling Heights was among those turned away at the DTE turnstiles because of the invalid tickets, which were flagged when gate attendants scanned the printed bar code.

"They pointed to a big stack of papers and said, 'All those people had the same ticket you did,' " said Jennings, 24. "Basically, he was making copies and selling them."

Jennings had searched the Internet for secondhand tickets after learning the Nickelback show was officially sold out. She contacted Branum via e-mail after spotting an ad he had posted on Craigslist. He provided his cell phone number and arranged to meet at a Walgreens parking lot in Sterling Heights, Jennings said.

There she met Branum and paid him $112 total for four tickets. They appeared to be legitimate, general-admission lawn tickets, Jennings said, similar to tickets she had purchased via Ticketmaster in the past.

In fact, they turned out to be photocopies of the same ticket.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090814/E … icket-scam

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Вот так вот мошенничать, господа. Вряд ли кто-то когда-то докажет ,что его фаны повесили.
Хотя мысль напрашивается сама собой, разумеется. Мне не хочется так думать, но думаю, некоторые
способны и на такое.

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Да уж, вот ведь как бывает! Не хочется думать, что это дело рук фанатов. А то как-то совсем жутко становится, что музыку никелят слушают такие монстры. Ну разве можно за билет убить человека? Может у этого Кэйла были и другие "грязные делишки", по серьезней этого. Может свои и убили... Не очень приятные новости, но все равно спасибо нашему специальному корреспонденту, RockerGirl)))

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Milo4ka написал(а):

Не очень приятные новости, но все равно спасибо нашему специальному корреспонденту, RockerGirl)))

Не за что))Все немцы)))Они откопали.

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Вот что написал дальний родственник/друг этого парня. Как-то меня это задело...

I am posting this in respect for the Branum family.... Kyle was a part of my family since he was 13 years old. I will be the first to attest that he did not commit suicide over the ticket scam alone. Kyle had many other factors in his life that had taken over in the past 2 years. He has not made the best decisions in the past 2 years, however the Kyle I remember played high school football, baseball, loved children, was committed to his high school sweetheart, played AWESOME drums, always making jokes, and had a beautiful smile. Unfortunatley, the public is making inappropriate comments based on their emotions of being scammed -completely understandable- However, logically thinking one must understand there was much more in the picture that contibuted to his feelings of hopelessness. I know what Kyle has done to others over the past 2 years and the trouble he's gotten himself into. I also know that Kyle was not thinking clear-headed and making rational decisions. I firmly believe that more than one system let him down and this is a classic case of 'falling through the cracks.' Kyle, I pray that your soul is at ease and you feel at peace with yourself. We forgive you for what you did, all you did. I remember the young boy who rode his bike and loved baseball. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you more and I look forward to the day we meet again...... The Kyle I remember would have straightened up when caught and probably put a concert on for the victims of his scam. Nickelback, plz remember he did not do this thinking clearly. Substances and addiction overtook Kyle. Because of MI limited resources Kyle was never offered the chance to clean up I pray that this scam can be used as a positive for those struggeling with addictions and maybe a list of MI's limited resouces can be advertised. This is so unfortunate in many ways.... May Kyle rest in peace....

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Трогательно, каждый может запутаться и пойти по неправильному пути. Парня можно только пожалеть. Он заслуживал наказания, но никак не такого! Обидно, часто так бывает, что не оказывается рядом кого-то, кто бы направил и подсказал. В итоге человек остается совсем один, и совершает необдуманные поступки. Яркий пример Майкл Джексон...

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Да уж, история печальная.... Вот так сначала не разберешься, что к чему, навешаешь ярлыков "такой-сякой", а потом выясняется, что человеку-то плохо было... Здорово, что друг/родственник этого парня написал это сообщение.

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У каждого из нас может быть тяжелый период,но это -не оправдание мошенничеству того парня,собственно-как и убийству.

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Да нет же, я не оправдываю, просто так мы больше о нем узнали. Еще один урок. Нужно стараться всегда делать так, чтобы твои проблемы никак не отражались (желательно) на окружающих. А то так и из дома не выйти. Да и самоубийство не выход.

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Повествование о том,как кое-чьи длинные загребалы чуть не уничтожили промо Никелей и Стейнд стоимостью в 100 тыс. зеленых)))
Datarecovery.com Saves the Day for Nickelback, Staind

St. Louis, MO, August 22, 2009 --(PR.com)-- The St. Louis office of ESS Data Recovery (datarecovery.com) has successfully retrieved valuable pictures and video of rock bands Nickelback and Staind, the company announced today.

Fran Strine has toured with the bands for over 3 years, and has stored his day to day work on an external hard drive. The drive failed when Staind lead singer Aaron Lewis jokingly threatened to tip over a table in Strine's workspace--then he accidentally knocked the hard drive off, instantly damaging the delicate read/write heads that hard drives use to access data. "He asked me, did you have that whole thing backed up? I shook my head no" said Strine.

The hard drive had promotional pictures from Staind's 2009 tour, in total about 9 months of video and pictures that couldn't be replaced, and promotional pictures for rock giants Nickelback. At Lewis's urging, Strine immediately looked online for a data recovery company, and found ESS Data Recovery. After reading client testimonials and speaking with data recovery technicians, he sent the drive in for an emergency recovery.

"We have a hectic touring schedule, we're in a new city each day, so we had to be careful that the data would be recovered quickly and arrive at our hotel on time, or shipping problems could have messed everything up," Strine said. "ESS got 100% of the data back and sent it directly to us. I'm completely happy with how things turned out, I couldn't have asked for better service," continued Strine.

"I'd put the value of the data at over $100,000, when you consider the hotels we've booked, venues we've played, plane tickets, and everything else."

Staind will be back in action in St. Louis for Pointfest 2009, with Lo-Pro, Halestorm, Chevelle, Shinedown, and more.

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Хаха! Лольный курьёз получился ))
Чад по-любому носился в панике  :D

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Народ я мало знаю английский может кто нить переведет на родной?))

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Да просто набухались они как-то вместе, и солист Staind смахнул со стола комп, тот упал и сломался.
Сломался жёсткий диск, а на этом диске хренова туча эксклюзивный видео и фото с их текущего тура.
Вот они и нагрелись, что всё это потеряют. По какой-то причине они всё это дело оценивают в 100000$
В итоге стаскали жёсткий в компанию по восстановлению файлов, те им всё сделали. И все счастливы )))

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Спасибо те Ярик)) что обьяснил)

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