Oasis Ticket Fraud: Addiction, Trust, and Justice
Stephen Cavanagh exploited the trust of his community by selling fraudulent Oasis and Coldplay concert tickets to finance a cocaine addiction. At Liverpool Crown Court, Cavanagh admitted to 17 counts of fraud by false representation and received a 14-month suspended sentence, a ruling that forces a complex reckoning between the imperatives of rehabilitative justice and the profound breach of civic