Close ties between firms at heart of Olympics ticket touting scandal revealed

A “close commercial relationship” exists between two firms at the heart of the multi-million euro Olympics ticket touting scandal, it was admitted last night.

THG Group, which has seen one of its directors arrested in Rio and others named in international arrest warrants, confirmed the connection with Pro10 despite earlier denials the companies are linked in any way.

Both firms have been caught up in a growing Olympics crisis after Irishman Kevin Mallon was arrested in Rio attempting to sell 781 Olympic Council of Ireland-designated hospitality tickets for substantial price mark-ups.