Virtual Mugger arrested in Japan

[gray_ghost]

This is just getting silly

"A man has been arrested in Japan on suspicion carrying out a virtual mugging spree by using software "bots" to beat up and rob characters in the online computer game Lineage II. The stolen virtual possessions were then exchanged for real cash.
The Chinese exchange student was arrested by police in Kagawa prefecture, southern Japan, the Mainichi Daily News reports."

There have got to be easier ways to make money.

Comments

[venischazeik.livejournal.com]

I must be missing something here. It's a *game*. The muggings weren't real. They were part of a game. Why arrest the guy?