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Japanese Man Arrested For Virtual Theft

Posted by michael on from the watch-out-pk'ers dept.

Kethinov writes "The Daily Yomiuri is reporting that a 21-year-old man was arrested for "illegally accessing an Internet game server to sell a virtual 'house' owned by a woman to another game participant for 50,000 yen, police said Thursday. According to the MPD, Ryusei Sakano of Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, posed as a female game player he met online while playing 'Ultima Online,' a popular Internet-based game. Sakano reportedly asked the game's system administrator to provide the female player's entry password on the pretext that she had lost her password to the game.""

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  1. Virtual Arrest and Virtual Fine by siliconshock.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe they should virtually arrest him and give him a virtual fine or virtual jail!

    1. Re:Virtual Arrest and Virtual Fine by D+iz+a+n+k+Meister · · Score: 5, Funny

      Then he could virtually, uh, "drop the soap".

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  2. Finally!!! by Sleeper · · Score: 5, Funny

    At last people are taking this stuff seriously...
    Now they just need to catch that guy who shows up here looking like me and screws up my karma.

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    1. Re:Finally!!! by Sleepr · · Score: 5, Funny
      Sleeper wrote "Now they just need to catch that guy who shows up here looking like me and screws up my karma."

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  3. Virtual Real Estate by sssmashy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew the real estate market in Japan was pricey, but 50,000 yen for a "virtual" house???

    Sounds like some frustrated Japanese are desperate become homeowners they're willing to settle for houses that don't even exist in the material world....

    1. Re:Virtual Real Estate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      So they're arresting a guy who sold a house that didn't exist, to a buyer who was willing to pay for it anyway, for a big wad of cash, and all in a day's work.

      Dude, don't lock him up! I want him to be my real estate agent.

  4. The world's oldest (male) profession... by ites · · Score: 3, Funny

    After virtual theft, can we expect to see virtual estate agents ("it's a real bargain, sir!"), virtual cops ("I'll track down your thief for a mere 10m gold pieces, ma'am!"), virtual lawyers ("my client was temporarily insane due to the pressure of game conformity, m'lod"), virtual punishments ("...and banished for life to MSN"), and virtual sex ("50m gold pieces and I'll tell you a nasty little secret..."). Can't wait.

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  5. How about that support call? by freeze128 · · Score: 2, Funny

    *RING*

    Tech support guy: "EA Tech support. How can I help you?"

    MAN: "Yes, I forgot my password."

    TS: "Okay, what's your name?"

    MAN: "Jane Doe."


    Does anyone else see the problem with that?