Hire a full-time looted game currency profit 700,002 guilty of heavy sentences

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Bought more than 20 computers, employing more than 20 workers, Sichuan Shuangliu County, Li Hua and Chen (are aliases) to target the popular online gaming World of Warcraft, looted online game currency "business." In a short period of six months, two people profit more than 700,000 yuan. Looted virtual property, is not a crime? A court verdict gave the answer. Yesterday, Li Hua and Chen were sentenced to 11 years in prison and 10 respectively for theft.

Case Playback

To buy a computer hire, a full-time thief.

Li Hua, 25 years old after graduating from university, and friends Chen decided to steal online games player account game currency. August 2007, Li Hua and Chen in Shuangliu a community rented a house, bought more than 20 computers, recruit more than 20 "employees." Get "flow quotient" to provide the game player account number, two people through the computer Trojan virus program will the player's password decipher, then the player account in the gold coins transferred to their account, through the online trading platform for sale. Since August 2007, two people in more than half a year profit more than 700,000 yuan.

Because the spoils, Li Hua to the police station report Chen, the results both were arrested. Chengdu in the courtyard that Li Hua, such as two of people through the network game, the use of secret means to steal other people can realize the real value of property, its behavior has constituted theft. In view of Li Hua in the provision of the theft of the program, access to account and password, the arrangement of employees to steal gold coins and resell profits, and other processes, the role is greater than Chen, Chengdu, the court on February 1 to make a decision on the case. Li Hua guilty of theft, was sentenced to 11 years in prison, and a fine of 80,000 yuan, Chen guilty of theft was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, and a fine of 30,000 yuan.

Judge says

Virtual property can have property property

When the trial, Li Hua and Chen defenders had proposed that the game currency is no real economic value of the virtual currency, Li Hua and Chen does not constitute a crime of theft. In this case, the trial judge said, Li Hua and other two people through the network game to steal other people's game although the virtual currency, but still a form of virtual property. "At present, China does not prohibit the virtual currency in cyberspace transactions, once with real property transactions, its property value has social authenticity, that is, belongs to the criminal law protection of other property category." Therefore, the fictitious property stolen by two defendants has property attribute according to the stipulation, their behavior also accords with the constituent element of larceny crime. ”

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