Concertgoers and passersby in Manhattan have observed ticket brokers adapting to new pressure from regulators by taking their hustle back to the streets.

As Live Nation’s antitrust trial continues, the Federal Trade Commission takes aim at the secondary ticketing industry for BOTS Act violations and New York lawmakers weigh new legislation capping resale prices, organized resellers have begun operating under the radar in the guise of Nuts 4 Nuts competitors, peddling tickets at obscene markups at stands marked CashewTrade.

Along the sidewalks outside Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center, The Beacon Theatre and more, the beloved toasted nut stalls synonymous with cheap street eats have quickly been supplanted by CashewTrade’s rolling outposts. CashewTrade sellers striking out from the C-Suite to the curb have been accused of leveraging their dominant share of the cashew market and illegal “tying” arrangements (to streetlights) to box out competition. Amid this street-level thuggery, venue operators have reported outright threats from the highest levels of the scalping syndicate.

“It’s going to be a tough time to deliver peanuts or walnuts,” CashewTrade CEO Alan Mundz told the CEO of Barclays Center on a recorded call, “with a new competitor in town, regardless of ticketing.”

CashewTrade vendors have been seen selling passes for high-demand tours and residencies at prices orders of magnitude greater than face value, and, adding insult to injury, have carried some of the ticketing industry’s distasteful policies over to their snack vending. At CashewTrade pushcarts, prospective customers can expect their paper bags of warm nuts to come with hefty service, processing and packaging fees well in excess of the original up-front price. Sellers have instituted the controversial dynamic pricing tool for cashews, compounded by ancillary fees for Preferred and VIP Napkins.

After arguing that clear violations of the 2016 No Unregulated Ticket Stands (NUTS) Act amounted to a misinterpretation of the regulatory law, representatives for CashewTrade were heard privately bragging about their exploits.

“These people are so stupid,” Mackenzie Adamious said while updating a price list to include a 20% convenience fee on all purchases of honey-roasted pecans and Platinum tickets. “I almost feel bad selling my nuts to them BAHAHAHAHAHA.”

“Robbing them blind and selling them our nuts, baby,” Hayden Zelnott responded. “That’s how we do it.”

Update: fan-to-fan face-value reselling market CashorTrade has issued a clarifying statement: “Any resemblance between CashewTrade and our corporate identity is heavy-handed and just sort of uncool, dude.”