Japanese Police Arrest 36-Year-Old Man on Suspicion of Tampering With Pokémon Violet Save Data - IGN
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Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online — a practice which is banned under the country’s 2019 Unfair Competition Prevention Act.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4256263

This dude was selling Pokemans with modified move sets for up to $80 a pop and could now face up to 5 years in prison.

Is this not insane? Or do you think he could face a much less severe sentence and the 5 years prison and $30k just the upper limit for this particular set of crime?

  • hello_hello [comrade/them]
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    7 months ago

    As a case in point January 2022 saw two Los Angeles police officers fired after they ignored a call to attend a burglary in order to chase down a Snorlax in Pokemon Go.

    They should arrest the snorlax for obstructing justice hmmmph.