Modders Get Six Months for Selling Illegally Modded Xboxes
Piracy may be en vogue these days, thanks to the swaggering Capt. Sparrow, but it can get you in trouble with the law in the real world. Just ask Jason Jones, owner of ACME LA videogames shop, and his partner Jonathan Bryant. The partners in business and crime were caught selling illegally modded Xboxes.
The two admitted charging customers between $225 to $500 per Xbox bundled with 50 pirated games. The pirates‘ high sailing days were cut short after Entertainment Software Association bought one of the consoles at their store. Jason and Bryant were ordered to pay ESA a $2648 fine plus they have to wear an electronic tracking ankle bracelet for six months. They also got a three-year probation.
A third person, Pei “Patrick” Cai, who was allegedly responsible for modding the consoles remains at large and is now a fugitive in the eyes of the US attorney’s office. Though not the kind of criminal you’d see on America’s Most Wanted, still it’s a life no modder (or gamer) would want.
Via Eurogamer
Piracy may be en vogue these days, thanks to the swaggering Capt. Sparrow, but it can get you in trouble with the law in the real world. Just ask Jason Jones, owner of ACME LA videogames shop, and his partner Jonathan Bryant. The partners in business and crime were caught selling illegally modded Xboxes.
The two admitted charging customers between $225 to $500 per Xbox bundled with 50 pirated games. The pirates‘ high sailing days were cut short after Entertainment Software Association bought one of the consoles at their store. Jason and Bryant were ordered to pay ESA a $2648 fine plus they have to wear an electronic tracking ankle bracelet for six months. They also got a three-year probation.
A third person, Pei “Patrick” Cai, who was allegedly responsible for modding the consoles remains at large and is now a fugitive in the eyes of the US attorney’s office. Though not the kind of criminal you’d see on America’s Most Wanted, still it’s a life no modder (or gamer) would want.
Via Eurogamer
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