Hannah Valentine pleaded guilty to 29 additional charges at Perth Magistrates Court on 8 May 2019, after previously admitting 22 charges, according to PerthNow’s report from the hearing. That was an intermediate stage of the case: later reporting said she was convicted of 53 fraud offences and sentenced to community service.
What were the extra charges?
The additional pleas reported on 8 May 2019 brought Valentine’s admitted charges at that point to 51: 22 earlier admissions plus 29 further guilty pleas. PerthNow also reported that she faced 37 other charges at the hearing, disputed some, and that police intended to discontinue one after determining it did not relate to her. Those unresolved matters should not be treated as proven offences.
What happened in the ticket scam?
ABC News reported that Valentine used Facebook and Gumtree accounts under false names to advertise tickets to events including Post Malone, Listen Out, Seasons and Sets on the Beach. Buyers were asked to transfer money directly to bank accounts. Some received no tickets; others received counterfeit or altered tickets that were invalid at the event.
ABC reported more than 100 victims and about $10,000 in proceeds from the ticket scam. In one specific episode, it said Valentine made more than $4,000 by selling two invalid Listen Out tickets to 24 people. ABC also described a separate form of alleged conduct in the case: using a former beauty-salon client’s card details to make $5,000 in purchases, including beauty products, clothing, festival tickets, fast food and ride-share trips. That card spending is distinct from the approximately $10,000 reported from ticket sales.
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What was the final outcome?
On 19 July 2019, ABC News reported that Valentine was convicted of 53 separate fraud offences and sentenced to a 12-month intensive supervision order that included 240 hours of community service. She avoided jail. The Western Australian Parliament’s 2019 committee response also recorded 53 convictions. The later conviction count reflects the reported final outcome, rather than the 29 pleas at the May hearing alone.
At sentencing, Magistrate Thomas Hall called it “a scam, purely and simply a scam motivated by Ms Valentine’s greed and selfishness,” ABC reported. The magistrate also described the harm to people who dressed for an event only to be turned away at the gate.
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What can ticket buyers learn from the case?
In contemporaneous coverage, Western Australian Consumer Protection advised buyers to use an event’s official or primary authorised resale channel. Commissioner David Hillyard told ABC that dealing with the primary authorised seller for resale was viewed as safe. That is advice reported in 2019, not a guarantee about every event or resale provider today; availability and terms vary.
For a private resale, check whether the event explicitly authorises the channel and understand what recourse applies before paying. The 2019 coverage warned that buyers dealing directly with private sellers could have limited options if tickets were missing or invalid. It also advised using a credit-card transaction where possible because a buyer may be able to ask their bank about a chargeback. A chargeback is not assured, and this historical advice does not establish current legal rights or guarantee reimbursement.
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ABC reported that WA Consumer Protection received 16 complaints about ticket-sale scams in 2018, one in January 2019 and one in February 2019. Those figures were complaints received by the state watchdog, not an estimate of scam prevalence across Australia.
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