Sophia Kishkovsky and Oleg Matsnev have reportorial contribution to the article from Moscow.
Mengxue Ou and Charlotte Pu have research contribution to the article from Beijing.
Interpreter: Cindy Hao
Hong Kong -- since in the junior high school on Guangzhou of Chinese south big city when case, xue Qiu Lian (sound) the iron lever fan that is team of Argentine nation football all the time. But, always be Yao cannot be reached before the dream that watchs pushball team game in the spot. This year, he has enough money to go to Russia watching world cup game eventually.
This year in March, when Mr Xue when 30 years old tries to buy the Argentina last week and Icelandic world cup group to surpass entrance ticket, the entrance ticket agent that he discovers the government already made work exhaust. Because of him rapid move should watch the game, the representative that passes a Beijing then bought a piece of entrance ticket, that representative is him the Argentine fan that goes up in small letter of platform of Chinese gregarious media group in find.
What reason is there inside this? He spent 620 dollars (add up to 3900 yuan of RMBs about) , be par value about is fourfold. "Want to let me go to Russia seeing Mei Xi only, " such wanting when he answers recall to buy a ticket, what he points to is Argentine star benefit holds Nell Meixi high (Lionel Messi) .
But discover later, the likelihood has the world cup entrance ticket that amounts to fan of thousands of China to never take them to buy, mr Xue is among them one of. Chinese government expresses now, these people are the victim of the fraud of an entrance ticket that department engineers Muscovite An Zhigong. This company and the Russia of south of the Si Tan that amount to auspicious exceed class league matches (club of football of Russian Premier League) is homonymic.
China is stationed in Muscovite embassy to be last week in an announcement say, had checked to Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organizing committee of local world cup, this is a fraud. This week, personnel of an experience case already was arrested.
Diplomatic mission did not disclose how many fan is cheated. But according to Chinese news website " cover news " report, 3 travel agent of Chongqing of city of Chinese southwest ministry write to local tourism bureau to say, muscovite An Zhigong manages (Anji Msk) tells travel agent, the company already sold a 10 thousand Zhang Men bill, among them 3500 pieces sold China fan.
According to cover news (The Cover) report, travel agent of these 3 Chongqing is aggregate the entrance ticket that sold about 2.86 million yuan of RMBs, department tells An Zhigong travel agent, the company plans formerly a ticket deal out they, but the Russia officer that acceptance offers entrance ticket carries paragraph abscond, cannot give a bill.
Argentine fan Mr Xue says, he is from Beijing the name teachs development center for Russia China culture (the entrance ticket that 620 dollars spend to buy over there the orgnaization of Russian Chinese Culture Education Development Center) . He to " new York Times " provided a copy that he says is the accredit proxy that An Zhifa gives him, involve the concern of the person that the world cup of An Zhiyu China buys a ticket. The company legal person on a power of attorney is Liu Duowa of cloth of · of E of precious Ni · (Zhanna E. Bryutova) .
One of associated author that Buliuduowa also is Obltransstroy of another Russia company. The another combination author of this company is Aierdaer Sa Ye of Yi of · A ·'s husband (Eldar A. Isaev) , he ever was the executive trustee of club of An Zhizu ball.
Last year in July, yisayefu says to Sport Connect of orgnaization of Russia sports news, this club plan and Chinese partner establish a joint ventures, and already somebody " interfuse (China) football bound of place " .
China cites in the cover news report last week western say if a when Sichuan saves travel agent that is called Yang Jun is procuratorial, one each says is club of An Zhizu ball retires the person of the player ever had looked for him, this person suggestion can cooperate, weigh as sufficient as football administration international couplet (FIFA) has a lot of connection.
Zhou San, international article sends telecommunications company (Interfax) report says, because husband of Yi Sa Ye is suspected of large-scale bilk already was being arrested. " businessmen signs up for " (report of Kommersant) Zhou Si says, he is arrested concern with bilk of world cup entrance ticket.
" businessmen signs up for " say, yisayefu is in after quiting club of An Zhizu ball, will become a when An Zhigong manages senior managers last year in October, he was suspected of creating about 1.1 million dollar to Chinese fan (add up to 7 million yuan of RMBs about) loss. This newspaper says, yisayefu does not admit to these accusation guilty, say oneself were cheated by his commercial associate.
" businessmen signs up for " say, liu Duowa of commercial associate cloth already also was detained.
Zhou Si of club of An Zhizu ball expresses in a statement, although Yisayefu arrives to ever will hold the position of the executive trustee of the club in October from January 2017, but his activity later and club " without any relations " .
Till 2016, the owner of club of An Zhizu ball is Sulaiman Kelimofu all the time (Suleyman Kerimov) , he is Russia oligarch, assemblyman, billions of dollar earned in oil, mining industry and financial domain. Although suffer the opposition of the Kremlin, but he already was arrested in the Weiaila in France last year, because he and Wu of a duty are con,matter with the investigation that wash money.
The reporter tries to contact An Zhigong department and Russia to be stationed in Beijing embassy for many times, all abortive. " Chongqing morning paper " weekday report says, this newspaper reporter went be located in office of Muscovite An Zhigong department, over there discovery temporarily the person goes the building is empty.
Education of culture of China of the representative of that door ticket of Beijing, Russia develops a center to reject to be judged to this matter buy. Those a few travel agent of Chongqing let a reporter refer the question to travel department of place.
An official of local tourism bureau says, chongqing city has peace treaty of 5 travel agent 100 fan are managed cheat by An Zhigong, bought false ticket. Zhou San represents this official that says he surnames Guo only, a few travel agent had bought new entrance ticket for the client.
International sufficient couplet ever was at the beginning of June express, the fan that has distributed entrance ticket of many pieces of 240 world cup world each district people, chinese fan bought 40251 pieces of entrance ticket in all, buy in global entrance ticket on rank the 9th.
This year in January, chinese newspaper " People's Daily " ever warned say, the person that buys world cup entrance ticket from Chinese travel agent " very possible " what buy finally is false bill, or flat do not take a bank note.
But Argentine fan Mr Xue that comes from Guangzhou says, he buys a ticket through an agent, because he thinks what he says to see very much,be for " divine " the team game that sees oneself like most in the match.
He says, this year in April, when the concerns the detail that buy a ticket information that receives orgnaization of representative of Wu of that Beijing ticket to be sent when him, he loosened at a heat. But a month went in May, still do not have the evidence of any ticket itself.
Be in Argentina and Icelandic hold the contest in Moscow several days ago, he received a letter that comes from representative of ticket of Beijing that door, according to a carbon of this letter, say in the letter, as a result of " already lost connection with the person that buy a ticket " , cannot " according to former arrangement to the entrance ticket with real pay of the person that buy a ticket " .
"I realize I was cheated, " Mr Xue says.
His friend spent 1500 much dollars to helped him buy a piece of ticket later. Mr Xue says, he publishs the flight number that flies to Moscow last week, but whether the entrance ticket that fears this piece of par price is 165 dollars all the time can be proved also is a holiday.
Fortunately, that piece of ticket is not false. Saturday, mr Xue is able to watch Argentina and Icelandic kick draw. He says, although he feels disappointed to Mei Xi's expression, but the experience that sees a ball makes him satisfactory.
Zhou San, before a few hours when return Guangzhou, mr Xue is being accepted when interviewing, say, the money of 620 dollars bill that representative of Wu of that Beijing ticket has raised to want to spend him retreats him, and 15% what the trouble that should encounter for him pays admission fee more. But he says, the compensation that he had offerred 3100 dollars asks -- the admission fee that includes two pieces of entrance ticket, adscititious the compensation that damages what he says for spirit.
"I all the time very nervous, " he says.
