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Hacker Charged With Fraud After 'Stealing' In-game FIFA Currency (cnet.com)
The FBI said it believes a group of hackers made millions off a scam to defraud publisher Electronic Arts. From a report on CNET: A US man is facing felony wire fraud charges for the theft of digital currency from game developer Electronic Arts. According to an FBI indictment, Anthony Clark and his co-defendants are being charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud for "stealing" in-game currency in multiplayer football game FIFA Ultimate Team for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. The indictment details that Clark and three others, named as Ricky Miller, Nicholas Castellucci and Eaton Zveare, members of hacking group RANE Developments, designed an app using the game's source code and developer kit. This app fraudulently told EA's servers that thousands of matches had been completed in the game. These completion reports were rewarded with FIFA coins, which the group sold to what the FBI called "black market" coin dealers. Between them, the group earned $15-$18 million.
I'm sorry, I think you're confusing football - you know, the game where move a ball around with your feet - with an American curiosity, "Handegg".
While we're on the subject, "Handball" is not a game played by yuppies involving hitting a ball against a wall; it's a fast-paced aggressive team sport, something like a cross between basketball and football (not handegg).
It's times like this I wish I had a friend named 'The Professor'.
This particular game is not a football game, it's a soccer game.
Outside of America the term "Football" means a game played with a round ball and your feet that Americans prefer to call soccer. Why Americans call their rugby like game played with a rugby ball that rarely involves playing with the feet "football" is a mystery, but they do, much to the confusion of Americans who overhear foreigners discussing "Football" and don't recognize the team names.
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