A South Carolina woman and two of her accomplices are the tip of the iceberg of a scandal rocking the ski pass industry as hundreds of fake passes were sold by thieves masquerading as discount retailers. A complicated scam involving a on-line ads in ski-centric social media sites and marketplaces, stolen credit card numbers, affected both IKON and EPIC passes.
According to Unofficial Networks:
The United States Attorney’s Office District of Utah reports Jamilla Greene, from Fort Mill, South Carolina, admitted to the multi-million dollar scheme that went on for multiple years and has plead guilty conspiracy to commit wire fraud….When individuals would contact her responding to the online ads, Greene would gather necessary information, including names and addresses, for the purchase of ski passes. Once she had all the personal information, Greene would then turn around and use a different bank card information to purchase ski passes at full price, knowing that bank card information was stolen and did not belong to the individuals to whom she was selling the‘“discounted’ ski passes.
‘Upon purchase of the full-price ski passes with the stolen cards, Greene would communicate again with the ‘discounted’ ski pass purchasers to secure and direct payment through electronic platforms such as Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, and Apple Pay. Greene then took the money and deposited it directly into her and her coconspirators’ accounts,'”
Greene accepted a pre-indictment plea deal and will be sentenced in Salt Lake City Federal Court on February 26, 2026. Her two co-conspirators – including one “Jonathan Rembert” – have been indicted, but are expected to plea as well. More from the Unofficial Networks story is here.
Sam Weintraub of Peak Rankings also has a terrific 20-minute video breakdown of everything from soup-to-nuts on how the fraud was perpetrated in detail.
