Teen busted stealing virtual furniture
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071114/...nline_theft_dc

These guys got caught stealing "virtual" furniture in an online game.

quite ironic considering we can't even stop blatant stuff like zango and megarotic


i wonder if they send them to virtual prison..? :)


story
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police have made their first arrest of an online thief -- a 17-year-old accused of stealing virtual furniture from rooms in the Habbo Hotel -- a popular teen-ager networking Web site.



An Amsterdam police spokeswoman confirmed a report that the teen-ager was accused of stealing 4,000 euros ($5,864) worth of virtual furniture by hacking into the accounts of other users.

Four other 15-year-olds have also been questioned in the case, which was instigated by the Web site. They are suspected of moving the stolen furniture into their own online hotel rooms.

Habbo users can create their own characters, decorate their own rooms and play a number of games, paying with Habbo Credits, which they have to buy with real cash.

Habbo Hotel is owned by Finnish Internet company Sulake which said last month it had reached 80 million registered users of its sites in 31 countries.

this was just practice for when they hack banks and move money around.

WTF - how bizarre

hummm..... let's hope for him that Bubba will also be virtual....

Jesus 80 million registered users...

Theft of an object that doesn't even exist, this is a ridiculous use of the justice system. Do the courts in Amsterdam have nothing else to do besides bust some 17 year old kids balls for stealing something that isn't even real?

Just ban the kid, give everyone their shit back and move on. Christ almighty