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Virtual Furniture, Real Arrest: Habbo Burglary
by jordan | November 14, 2007 at 12:08 pm | 452 views | 2 comments
Dutch police have arrested an unnamed 17-year-old on suspicion of having swiped €4,000 worth of furniture from the virtual Habbo Hotel - the first such local arrest for "virtual burglary".According to Expatica, police say the suspect "allegedly hacked the accounts of other Habbo community members", then "took their furniture and brought it to his own room". Four 15-year-olds were also quizzed about the break-in, and police say the suspects will be charged with "hacking and burglary".
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 teenager networking website.
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November 14, 2007 at 12:08 pm by jordan, 452 views, 2 comments
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at 20:11 on November 15th, 2007
jordan, nice one, a little strange but at least they hooked the thieves/hackers, most hackers are getting away with it.
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www.xenu.org (not verified)at 13:20 on August 1st, 2008
LOL. Someone got arrested for doing this. In America you could probably get away with this if you had a good lawyer.
However, its just stealing VIRTUAL furniture. Get a life people. I can't believe someone would go to these lengths to get VIRTUAL stuff, and after all that get caught.