8-year Old School RuneScape saga comes to a close with former dev sentenced for stealing $400K in gold and items from…
Former Jagex employee Andrew Lakeman has been sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for two years, for stealing over $400,000 worth of in-game gold and items from Old School RuneScape players. Lakeman used developer tools to access and sell player assets, a crime discovered by Jagex in 2018. The sentencing highlights the legal system's adaptation to virtual asset theft.
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- Company: Jagex
- Topic: Virtual Theft
- Game: Old School RuneScape
- Platform: PC
- Topic: Game Development
- Person: Andrew Lakeman
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