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Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that hundreds of tickets were charged to owner George Shinn's charity account on March 9 for $5 apiece, and those same tickets were resold at full price — up to $41 — for the sold-out April 2 home game against Shaquille O'Neal and the Miami Heat.
The Hornets' books did not reflect that those tickets were resold.
Rather, the transactions were recorded as purchases of previously unsold tickets for different seats and for other games, thereby boosting paid attendance numbers for games at which many seats were empty.
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