Last month, the swindling of more than 200 billion ISK resulted in an actual run on a virtual bank in EVE Online. The best part? The loot was sold IRL – just $5,000.
No, griefers from Something Awful are not claiming responsibility. Not that any of them would have the patience to play nice long enough to become a controller for EBank. User Ricdic was, and then he took the dough and sold it off, he says in order to place a down payment on a house and pay medical bills.
The heist dwarfs the earlier 100 billion ISK embezzled by an in-game investments manager. But 250 billion ISK was just 8 percent of the bank’s 2.8 trillion held in deposits. Still a tidy sum, but hardly the whole kitty. That didn’t stop EVE Ebankers from rushing the teller windows once word passed of Ricdic’s dirty deeds.
https://kotaku.com/eve-online-banker-robs-from-the-rich-gives-to-himself-5137602
He has since been kicked out of EVE, as selling in-game currency for real-world value is a no-no according to the TOS. Had he kept the ISK in-game, he would not have been sanctioned – by CCP anyway. In-game depositors may have had something to say and/or do about it.
