In addition, the FTC alleges Ticketmaster deceptively hid ticket fees during the buying process, resulting in $16.4 billion from 2019 to 2024. The action comes one month after the FTC accused the Key Investment Group of bypassing Ticketmaster's policies to purchase hundreds of tickets, then reselling them at a massive profit. A federal judge is being asked to impose a civil penalty against the Key Investment Group for violating the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2016. The law prohibits companies from circumventing control measures used by online ticket sellers such as Ticketmaster. In March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order urging the FTC to "rigorously enforce" the Better Online Ticket Sales Act.