New York Attorney General Letitia James joins FIFA investigation into possible ticket price gauging

New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport to motorboat an probe into FIFA's precocious World Cup summons prices connected Wednesday, the New York Post reports.

Officials accidental the steep prices person sparked a "gauntlet of confusion, fake scarcity, and impossibly precocious prices," up of the shot tourney adjacent month.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James stands silently during a property league astatine the bureau of the Attorney General successful New York City connected Dec. 15, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Both James and Davenport announced the associated probe — which includes subpoenas sent to FIFA by the 2 attorneys wide — to absorption connected the myriad issues that stem from the shot federation’s summons income for the tournament, including reports that fans were being misled astir wherever their seats were located successful summation to the exorbitantly precocious prices.

"Being honorable astir summons income is not complicated. But FIFA has turned buying a summons to the World Cup into a gauntlet of confusion, fake scarcity, and impossibly precocious prices — each astatine the disbursal of consumers and hardworking New Jerseyans," AG Davenport said successful a statement.

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The FIFA World Cup 2026 victor trophy is displayed astatine FIFA office successful Zurich, Switzerland, arsenic the gully for the 2026 World Cup European qualifiers begins connected Dec. 13, 2024. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu)

The associated probe from some states makes consciousness erstwhile considering a fig of World Cup games, including the last connected July 19, are being played astatine adjacent MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Sky-high summons prices for the World Cup look to beryllium a bipartisan issue, arsenic this probe comes successful the aftermath of President Donald Trump besides making disparaging comments regarding the precocious prices earlier this month, which were routinely rumored to beryllium northbound of $1,000.

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President Donald Trump dances astatine the extremity of the gully for the 2026 shot World Cup astatine the Kennedy Center successful Washington connected Dec. 5, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

"I did not cognize that number," President Trump said, "I would surely similar to beryllium there, but I wouldn’t wage it either, to beryllium honorable with you."

The 2026 World Cup kicks disconnected connected June 11 betwixt Mexico and South Africa.