10-year-old scores felony charge through 'Minecraft
For one unfortunate child, though, the game led to something else: a felony charge.
An unidentified 74-year-old grandmother from Lincoln, Neb., received a call from her bank notifying her of suspicious charges on her credit card account. It turns out that the thief was not some random cyber criminal, but rather her 10-year-old grandson. The child had managed to rack up over $800 on the card through Minecraft.
The only way the woman could reverse the charges was to file a police report. When she did so, the boy attracted police officers' suspicion of felony theft. Because of his age, the boy's case will be heard in juvenile court.
While the Xbox Live Marketplace does indeed charge for some additions to the game, such as themes or additional characters and tools, nothing is anywhere near $800. Most items available for purchase run anywhere from $1 to $4.
On the other hand, $800 can buy a lot of pickaxes.
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Source: http://www.dailydot.com/crime/nebraska-xbox-minecraft-felony-theft-grandson/
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CokesPosted:
Yop Can you even spend $800 through Minecraft on the Xbox?
Eventually you probably could by just buying all sorts of things from skins to avatar items ect. But I don't understand why the grandmother would have the card on the account anyways.
AxePosted:
Yop Can you even spend $800 through Minecraft on the Xbox?
Thats what I was thinking. He must have bought every single thing he could find, because stuff on there is only like 5$.
ScorchedPosted:
The only way I could think of him raking up $800 is by making a crap ton of new accounts on the minecraft PC version. But also he could have bought a lot of stuff from the xbox live store as well. Hmmmm....
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