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Teen, 3 Others Arrested For Selling Counterfeit Penguins Tickets

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Pittsburgh Police arrested a teenager and three others for selling counterfeit Pittsburgh Penguins playoff tickets Thursday.

Pittsburgh police say a 15-year-old boy was caught trying to sell two counterfeit tickets near the intersection of 6th Street and Penn Avenue downtown around 4 p.m.

The counterfeit tickets had a face value of $510.

Police also arrested three other males. They have not yet been identified.

Last week, police arrested four New York men in connection to a counterfeit hockey ticket operation. Police found 52 counterfeit tickets and more than $2,000 in cash during their month-long investigation.

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