instagram purchase

I'm considering buying an IG account with a larger following and changing the username to a username I already own. In order to prevent the username I wanted from being taken, I've named another account I own already with the username. Is it now possible for me to take the account I already...

Hi, I'm new here and was wondering how to purchase an Instagram username. The person I work for has a large social media following, and bots/people keep buying/re-selling the username so we can't have it. I've reached out to IG and they can't/won't help, but I want to find out who owns it...