Last updated on December 8th, 2022 at 03:13 pm
During the operation, the police confiscated $ 46 million worth of property, including several expensive cars.
Chinese police, with the participation of Tencent, conducted the world’s largest video game fraudulent operation. The arrested group created and sold cheats for games like Overwatch and Call of Duty Mobile. The illegal income was about $ 76 million.
World’s Largest Video Game Fraud Operation Completed
During the operation, police confiscated $ 46 million worth of property, including several expensive cars. The site that sold illegal subscriptions was called Chicken Drumstick. Its users from hundreds of countries and regions of the world paid between $ 10 and $ 200 per month. In the city of Kunshan, ten people associated with this criminal group were detained.
This kind of activity is taking a heavy toll on the video game industry. Tencent is one of the largest gaming companies in China that suffers from cheaters. Back in 2019, a poll showed that about a third of players use cheats. Several world-famous players have left popular games due to the increase in cheating. This was the case with Vikram Singh Barn, known as Vikkstar. He has over seven million YouTube subscribers. However, he stopped playing Warzone, claiming that the game was “in the worst condition of all time” due to hackers.
One of the most common cheats is the use of the so-called “aiming bot”, a system that allows you to more accurately shoot opponents without the need for manual aiming. Another popular trick is “wallhack”, which allows the user to see the location of other players in the game and attack them through opaque walls. Other cheats allow users to heal themselves an infinite number of times.
