'Disabled' Brazil fans miraculously jump out of wheelchairs to celebrate goals

Police are investigating allegations of ticket fraud - there have also been incidents of 30-year-olds sitting in OAP seats. OAP means Old Age Pensioners.

They say miracles do happen... even in football. Fans who appeared to jump out of their wheelchairs during a World Cup match are being investigated for ticket fraud. FIFA released a batch of concession tickets specifically for disabled fans, pensioners, students and even the obese just before the tournament started. But the scramble for tickets has led to many of these appearing on the black market.

There have been some strange sights in stadiums, including people who appear to be about 30 years old in seats for OAPs.




And wheelchair users have been snapped jumping out of their seats during goals and at critical moments during the matches. Ticket touts have been caught selling tickets meant for disabled people online through Facebook and at the grounds. Touts make even more money on tickets for wheelchair users as one ticket in every two is free, for the wheelchair user to take a companion.

Police are investigating 22 pictures on CCTV which show supposedly wheelchair-bound fans standing up at the 66,000-seater Sao Paulo Arena where England played last night.
Around 30 similar pictures have been taken by members of the public on their smart phones.
Police believe some fans who bought tickets on the black market may have tried to cover their tracks by using wheelchairs to enter the stadium, but some have a different theory.

The World Cup is really creating miracles...




 
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