EVE Online: Virtual Bank Heist Yields Real World Cash

One of EVE Online's major banks, EBank, was robbed by one of its own controllers, a player named Ricdic. Once word of the robbery got out, players started a run on the bank, withdrawing currency as fast as possible. Ricdic then sold the virtual currency online for slightly over $5,000 US. Find out what 'Ricdic' spent his ill-gotten gains on below:

The theft was carried out by EBank's chief executive, a player known as Ricdic, now known to be a 27-year-old Australian who works in the technology industry. His full identity has not been revealed save that his first name is Richard.

The stolen kredits amounted to 8% of the 2.6tn that Ebank had in its virtual vaults.

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It has now emerged that Ricdic used the cash to put down a deposit on a house and to pay medical bills.

"I'm not proud of it at all, that's why I didn't brag about it," Ricdic told Reuters. "But you know, if I had to do it again, I probably would've chosen the same path based on the same situation."

Read the rest at BBC News Online.

Source: ActionTrip.com

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