@SmudgeTheInsultCat

It's not true, according to Snopes, though so close to the feasible that it could be true.

There really are people whacked-out enough to do this, and also stupid enough to buy a ticket.

Let's not forget that the medieval Catholic church had a nice little earner selling pardons from your sins. Essentially the same thing.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/golden-ticket-arrest/