Fan reveals on YouTube how he was able to sneak into courtside seats for 30 Warriors games

A deviously clever Warriors fan managed to scam his way into some ultra expensive courtside seats for nearly 30 games this past season at Oracle Arena.

How do we know this? Because the fan, Trevor Laub, used his YouTube channel to blow the whistle on himself.

So much for a fool-proof scheme.

In his 23-minute video, the Fremont native talked about how he was able to manipulate his cheap ticket and turn it into a prime seat among the likes of owner Joe Lacob for nearly every Warriors home game.

Laub, it seems, essentially wanted to brag a little while growing his YouTube audience in the process of giving up his grift. He also rationalized the timing of his confession by saying he won't be able to game the system any longer since he just moved from the East Bay to Los Angeles.

“I knew I wouldn't be really be able to go to that many Warriors games next year, if any at all,” Laub said from his Los Angeles home. “So I thought, ‘Might as well get the views!' ”

Here's how Laub turned a relatively cheap “In the Building Pass” ticket in the upper tier (with access to the game only via TV's in the club area) into a seat on the court costing hundreds, if not thousands, more:

When going to a Warriors game, Laub would purchase the building-access-only ticket and then scout the secondary ticket market for available courtside seats. He would then use photo-editing tools to create a facsimile of the expensive ticket he saw for sale on Ticketmaster, pasting in the barcode from the cheap ticket he bought.

After gaining entry into Oracle legitimately by having his cheap ticket scanned, Laub would make his way down to the court and flash his faux ticket with the barcode to the usher on duty. Laub said no usher ever checked to see if his bar code was legit.

From there, Laub would enjoy watching the Warriors while rubbing elbows with the team's richest fans.

In one of his videos, Laub estimated it cost him about $3 to change his ticket in the rafters to courtside. Talk about dirty deeds done dirt cheap.

Laub didn't have trouble justifying his wrongdoings, either.

“I've just been a Warriors fan since damn near birth, and they've really priced out all the real fans,” Laub said. “It's all tech gurus and all that type of stuff are all the type of people that get good seats at Oracle now. And I just came up with a plan that I thought a real fan, a real Warriors fan would be able to do to sit in good seats and enjoy themselves.”

The Warriors declined to comment on Monday when asked about Laub's trickery.

However, Laub has exposed himself to some serious legal troubles by drawing back the curtain on his fraudulent activities.

Asked whether he was concerned about the Warriors pressing charges against him, Laub admitted it's something he's thought about.

“I guess the Warriors could go down that road if they wanted to,” said Laub, “and if they did we'd handle it privately after that.”

Laub then reasoned why he should be applauded for his sneaky ways, not penalized.

“Personally, I think they should be thanking me for exposing a huge flaw in their system and security,” Laub said. “They can take this video, go back to the drawing board, draw out better security measures, especially (since) they're going to be in a new (arena). They should be thankful this is the last season of Oracle so this can't really be replicated exactly the way I did it.

“Just know there was never any (malicious) intent behind what I was doing.”