Leeds Festival them once a CONMAN not exist ticket on 2008 sales duped by music lovers. Christopher Bundza 18 fraud and money laundering charges after found guilty of 17 complaints were investigated.
Police believe that he actually defrauded hundreds of people out of £ 50,000, Leeds Crown Court was told.
Analysis of two eBay accounts traced to Bundza, Goosefield Rise, of Garforth, Leeds, showed that more than £ 46.000 for the Leeds Festival the weekend camping ticket sales of 117 pairs.
Bundza Garforth after police warned people on the holiday for the opening day of Leeds Festival tickets to hand in 2008 had failed to meet.
Not the original owner sold the seller offered tickets - only his sentence Association name nor any other speculative sales with 'Britain is believed to be punishment.
Bundza is due to be sentenced on April 7.
Natalie McRae, 18, a student in 2008 leads him and his three friends to attend the festival to pay £ 745 for four tickets.
Natalie said: “The whole thing was annoying and upsetting, I’m still furious with him.
“The £745 was part of my savings that I was planning to use for my university fees.
“Because of what happened I’ve had to stay at home during my first year and it’s ruined my friendships with those I promised to go to the festival with.
“He is just nasty and selfish.”
Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic, which runs the Leeds Festival said: “Festival Republic is proactive in its endeavours to protect its potential customers from buying tickets from unauthorised sources and we give full support to the police in their investigations.
“We are pleased that this case in relation to the speculative sale of 2008 Leeds Festival tickets has been successful.”
Det Con Carly North from North East Leeds CID who led the investigation, said: “Scammers like Bundza are frequently preying up on young people, many of who have been putting money aside for some time to go to one of the big summer festivals, or their parents who have paid as a birthday present or special treat.
“While his conviction doesn’t change the fact a lot of people have lost hard earned money it hopefully provides a sense of justice following what has been a very long and detailed investigation.
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