Liverpool FC and police seize £1.2m, ban 432 fans

Liverpool Football Club and Merseyside Police have seized more than 1.2 million pounds in assets and issued hundreds of lifetime bans in a major crackdown on organised ticket touting. The joint operation, announced on July 22, 2026, targeted the laundering of criminal proceeds from the illicit sale of tickets and represents the first such collaboration between a Premier League club and its local police force.

The club issued 432 lifetime bans and 115 indefinite suspensions to supporters found to have breached ticketing rules, primarily through the unauthorised resale of season tickets, membership tickets, and hospitality packages. Most of the lifetime bans, 383, were issued to members of the club's official 'All Red' membership program. Indefinite suspensions carry a minimum term of three years before an account holder can apply for reinstatement.

A significant part of the operation involved analysing ticket registrations from the 2025-26 season. Liverpool examined almost 700,000 registrations, resulting in 67,663 suspected fake accounts being blocked or cancelled. A further 121,379 accounts remain under investigation. The club also cancelled 3,847 tickets due to suspicious...