Former Old School RuneScape developer sentenced to 150 hours community service for in-game gold theft
A former Jagex developer, Andrew Lakeman, has been sentenced to 150 hours of community service and a suspended prison sentence for stealing nearly $500,000 worth of in-game gold and items from Old School RuneScape players. The court found him guilty of theft, emphasizing that virtual theft is prosecutable. Separately, RuneScape is beta testing Vulkan rendering engine support.
- Entities
- Company: Jagex
- Topic: Virtual Goods
- Game: Old School RuneScape
- Topic: Theft
- Topic: Vulkan
- Person: Andrew Lakeman
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