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Wages of virtual sin

May 8th, 2008 (Visited 807 times) Tags: china, rmt

Oops. Chinese Gold Farmer Accidentally Turns Himself and Partner In To Police | Virtually Blind | Virtual Law

Chinese police arrested the pair after one partner reported the other for unfair revenue distribution. In business since last August, the gold farming operation had 20 employees and generated nearly RMB 1.6 million (US $228,915) in only nine months of dealing.

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MMORPG Info » Gold Selling Can Lead to Jail wrote on May 8th, 2008 at 3:11 pm:

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damijin said on May 8th, 2008 at 11:11 am:
I’m betting gold farmers are not the exactly the best citizens in terms of following tax codes and reporting earnings.

Nice 9-month haul though for only 20 people!
cliff said on May 8th, 2008 at 11:28 am:
I didn’t know it was illegal there… learn something new every day.
jackdonkey said on May 8th, 2008 at 9:27 pm:
What’s the crime here? tax evasion? If it’s unfair revenue distribution wouldn’t they only arrest the one guy?
Dominic Gugas said on May 8th, 2008 at 11:22 pm:
What’s the crime? Report doesn’t say, but it could be they’re seen as defrauding the company operating WoW, could be that their business is unlicensed or doesn’t meet some of China’s myriad bureaucratic regulations… or could just be that the authorities see them as bringing their country into disrepute and so will punish them for something to make a point. That’s China for you.
Cybercat said on May 16th, 2008 at 7:18 am:
Gold farming is not illegal in China. This is a post about a blog post about a news snippet on another blog post about a very small news printing from China. I thought you guys would know better :p