Live Nation and AEG are facing a criminal investigation over the companies' pandemic refunds. The DOJ is investigating whether the companies colluded.

The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a criminal antitrust probe on AEG and Live Nation's response to concert cancellations at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday,

The US Justice Department is conducting a criminal antitrust probe into how companies responded to mass concert cancellations at the outset of the pandemic in 2020, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Live Nation is reportedly grappling with yet another wave of Justice Department scrutiny. Now, a reported criminal antitrust probe is zeroing in on alleged refund-related ticketing collusion during the early days of the pandemic.