A Kissimmee family has been arrested for their involvement in a Walt Disney World ticket scam. Eileen Hightower, 50, and her adult children, Samuel Velasquez Jr. and Sabrina Velasquez, along with Hightower’s niece, Jennifer Cancel, pleaded guilty to the crime.
The family stole personal information, which they used to create fake drivers licenses and credit cards, which were then used to buy Disney tickets. They then sold the tickets to Kissimmee ticket brokers.
In just a few months, they bought and sold over $100,000 in theme parks tickets.
Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp sentenced each of them to at least three years in prison and they were ordered to pay $107,000 in restitution.
News source: Orlando Sentinel
