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State: man scammed fans on Packers tickets

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin man accused of illegally selling Green Bay Packers tickets — and failing to come up with tickets fans thought they bought — has agreed to state sanctions, including no longer using the same Internet Web site, officials said Wednesday.

Ben Huettl, 29, formerly of New London and now of Woodbury, Minn., was accused of attempting to scam at least eight fans, including a woman from Marshfield who ordered 16 tickets for the team’s final regular season game at Lambeau Field last season but didn’t get them.

The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection said Esther Miller reported she ordered the tickets in September and paid by credit card via Huettl’s Web site - www.lambeau-tickets.com.

Miller told investigators she paid $145 per ticket, which was billed on her credit card, but the tickets never arrived.

Huettl never replied to phone calls and e-mails in the weeks leading up to the game, she said. “My husband and I have been ordering tickets for 15 years to come up for weekends and games and stuff,” Miller said Wednesday. “It was not being able to communicate with him two weeks prior to the game. ... I should be able to talk to somebody. I should be able to leave a nasty message or something.

Huettl eventually e-mailed Miller in the days before the game, telling her that her credit card had been flagged as a fraud risk and the order canceled.