A native of Yekaterinburg, Andrei Kirsanov cheated World of Tanks for 670 million rubles. This was reported on December 25 by Kommersant.
Over the years, the Russian sold thousands of packages with bots and cheat programs that allowed users to gain advantages over players.
The criminal case under Part 2 of Art. 273 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Creation, use and distribution of malicious computer programs”), was initiated in the spring of 2021. The injured party was the Belarusian company Wargaming, which develops games, including World of Tanks and World of Warships. The company explained that some users are losing interest in the game, in particular, due to the fact that rivals use malware. Last year, more than 10 thousand bots were excluded from the game in World of Tanks.
Kirsanov pleaded guilty and repented, but at the very first meeting he retracted his initial testimony, so now the case will not be dealt with in a special order, but in general. The man is under recognizance not to leave.
It is noted that earlier in Russia they were not prosecuted for unauthorized interference in the gaming industry.
The criminal case is being considered by the Cheremushkinsky Court of Moscow.
Earlier, on September 30, gamers from all over the world recognized God of War (GoW) 2018, created exclusively for the PlayStation platform, as the best game of all time. Voting took place in six rounds, with a total of 26.1 million votes. So, God of War passed all the levels, ahead of such popular games as StarCraft, Portal 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It is clarified that in the final of the poll, GoW bypassed GTA 5 with a 60 to 40 vote ratio.
Source: IZ
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