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NFL Flags $50K in Super Bowl Tix Charged on Stolen Credit Cards, NYPD Says

 Super Bowl 50 took place on Feb. 7 in Santa Clara, Calif.
Super Bowl 50 took place on Feb. 7 in Santa Clara, Calif.
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MIDTOWN — Ten Super Bowl tickets valued at more than $50,000 were purchased by a thief using stolen credit cards, police said.

Between Nov. 13 and Jan. 25, the thief bought 10 tickets to Super Bowl 50 on Feb. 7 in Santa Clara, CA, using five different people’s credit cards, according to the NYPD.

But an employee at the NFL’s 345 Park Ave. headquarters didn't report the thefts to police until Feb. 23 around 1 p.m., police said.

The thief used credit cards belonging to individuals from Massapequa, N.Y., Plainview, N.Y., Fort Meyers, Fla., Cooper City, Fla., and Riverside, Calif., the NYPD said.

There have been no arrests, police said.

The NFL did not immediately return a request for comment.