Counterfeit Game Ring Smashed [Sep 14, 2024, 10:53 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
BBC News has details
on a video game crime ring broken-up by Italian authorities that resulted in the
seizure of counterfeit video games and consoles with a street value of over
US$52 million (thanks brother19). The seized games "all from China" are
reportedly now destroyed, and nine individuals face up to eight years in prison
for trading in counterfeit goods. Word is the games were titles popular in the
1980s-90s, and the consoles were imitations of Nintendo, Sega, and Atari systems
which "did not meet strict safety standards."
Around 12,000 consoles holding over 47 million pirated video games were seized by police, Alessandro Langella, head of the economic crime unit for Turin's financial police, told the AFP news agency.
The haul had an estimated value of €47.5m, Mr Langella said, a figure which includes the value of the consoles and hundreds of licenses for the pirated programs.
They were "all from China" and were imported to be sold in specialised shops or online, Mr Langella said.
I actually started checking those links then I gave up. "Fake News" isn't fake if they got 90% of the story right, and if they report what Ukrainian generals are claiming, that is not fake news. The generals would be the one's lying, not the publication. That's ignoring that war reporting can be very inaccurate when you are reporting on events that are currently taking place. I stopped when I read an article mentioning "Trump's pee pee" or some such ludicrous stuff. Are we 10 or something? Read what you like, believe what you like. I just know that I don't care. I must be extra bored today or something.
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