Jul
02
2009
Virtual bank president embezzles virtual money in online game
Posted by: in Warcraft News, tags: Bank President, Distant Future, Eve Online, Excerpt, Game News, Money Game, Money Online, News Sources, Online Game, Online Money, Real World, Reuters Reports, Rivals, Second Life, Stars Game, Subscribers, Virtual Bank, Virtual Money, World Debts, World Of WarcraftNews Sources wrote an interesting post today on
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Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market, Reuters reports . It happened in EVE Online, where more than 300,000 subscribers pay US$15 a month to play. They gain wealth through hard work, manipulating the market, or killing rivals in a distant future where humans have colonized the stars in an online game similar to World of Warcraft and Second Life. EBank, EVE’s largest player-
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