man sues StubHub after $25K FIFA World Cup ticket deal collapses $25K ticket deal collapses A Surrey man has sued a major ticket reseller for about $25,000 after he failed to sell a dozen tickets to the FIFA World Cup.
Jayden Lalani claims he bought 12 tickets to four matches from FIFA’s official marketplace.
“Shortly thereafter, I decided to sell the tickets by listing them on StubHub,” he said in a recent notice of a civil claim.
According to the petition, Lalani sold the tickets at prices ranging from US$750 to more than US$2,000 each.
The matches were held in three U.S.
host cities—Boston, Mass., East Rutherford, N.J., and Miami, Fla.—and featured fixtures between England and Ghana, Scotland and Brazil, Iraq and Norway, and Norway and Senegal.
Between December 2025 and April 2026, Lalani says he sold a combined US$16,270 worth of tickets.
Ticket transfer trouble leaves man 'financially liable' When it came time to transfer them to the buyers, the Surrey man claims he received notice from the international football association that they must be transferred to a valid “FIFA Marketplace” account.
Lalani alleges he contacted StubHub and told them about the FIFA warning.
He claims he asked StubHub to verify that each of the buyers had a valid FIFA account, and if not, that StubHub ask them to create one and provide the linked emails.
“I took these steps as a precaution to hopefully ensure the transactions went through smoothly and in compliance with both FIFA and StubHub's requirements.
I did not contact the purchasers directly,” the petition states.
“Despite numerous follow-ups, I did not receive any response from StubHub.” About 11 days later, Lalani claims he received a notice from the reseller that all of his transactions had been cancelled and that he was “financially liable” for each ticket sale because they were “not fulfilled as expected.” He alleges there was no further explanation and that his StubHub account was blocked.
After contacting the ticket reseller multiple times, Lalani claims he finally got through to a representative who told him that he had breached the company’s privacy policy by directly contacting a buyer.
“That allegation is not true.
I have never contacted, or attempted to contact, any of the purchasers directly,” claims the B.C.
A student at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, Lalani says the company then charged his credit card three times, totalling $2,561.04—a bill he claims is “invalid and unjustifiable.” 'A pretty big hit' Unable to reach StubHub since, Lalani alleges the company breached its contractual obligations and was negligent.
The man is....
