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Student Makes a Million Online, Gets Deported

Posted by Zonk on from the probably-should-have-thought-this-through dept.

Via Kotaku, a story at the Mainichi daily news about an enterprising exchange student that got himself deported. Wang Yue Si, a Chinese student who went to Japan on a student visa, found himself in need of some spending money. Since he was a gamer, he decided to make some cash by selling virtual items online. He was so successful, the cops noticed. From the article: "He started selling items such as weapons and currency for online games through an Internet auction site in April this year, without obtaining the appropriate residency status. Wang, living in Kumamoto, has admitted that he sold the virtual goods for about 6 million yen ($US 1.3 Million), in violation of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law. A bank worker became suspicious when Wang regularly sent money back home to China and alerted police in August, prompting Kumamoto police officers to investigate the student."

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  1. 1 Million Dollars? by MoriaOrc · · Score: 5, Informative

    Summary says "6 million yen or $1.3m" .. but 6m yen is only about 50k dollars (1 yen is slightly less then 1 cent in value) .. so .. which is it?

    1. Re:1 Million Dollars? by tilandal · · Score: 5, Informative

      He has admitted to selling 6m Yen but is suspected for selling over 150m Yen. Poor job on the write up.

    2. Re:1 Million Dollars? by ack154 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Per the article, he has sold a TOTAL of about 150 million yen... which works out to roughly $1.3 million, USD.

  2. The same thing could happen in the US by tadd · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you are on a student visa, you're not supposed to be making money by working, you're supposed to be studying. no I know there are ways around this, but with most of them, if you get caught, you go home.

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