Two individuals have been arrested for their role in the cybercrime theft of over 900 concert tickets, most for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. District Attorney Melinda Katz in Queens, NY announced this week that two individuals have been arrested and arraigned in connection with the cybercrime theft of over 900 concert tickets.

Prosecutors say the conspirators used the popularity of the pop star's Eras Tour to make an "extraordinary profit."

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The thieves, including one in Queens, allegedly stole more than 900 event tickets by intercepting URLs for StubHub customers, authorities say.

On Monday, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that two individuals “were arrested and arraigned for their role in the cybercrime theft of more than 900 concert tickets,” most of them for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

New York prosecutors say that two people working at a third-party contractor for the StubHub online ticket marketplace made $635,000 after almost 1,000 concert tickets and reselling them online.

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time by a mile over the course of 2 years, 51 cities, and 5 continents. Tickets

The Queens D.A.'s Office claims that the defendants exploited "high-profile events to profit at the [expense] of others"

Two people have been charged with infiltrating StubHub’s backend and stealing over $635,000 worth of tickets, including to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

The Queens District Attorney’s Office charged Tyrone Rose and Shamara Simmons for their involvement in an alleged scheme in which they exploited a loophole through an offshore ticket vendor for StubHub. According to the prosecutors, they intercepted already-sold ticket URLs by accessing the company’s network and resold them.

The digital tickets were stolen from StubHub by employees of a third party contractor in Jamaica, prosecutors say

Two people stand accused of taking hundreds of tickets from StubHub to redirect them to others who resold them, prosecutors said.