EVE Online player scammed 850 billion ISK (in-game currency)

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Roughly equal to $45 000 USD.

I'm not sure if this belongs here or in the Arena (or some stickied thread somewhere), or whether or not anyone actually plays the game or is remotely interested. I don't play it but I found this highly intriguing.

People were investing their ISK into a guy's corporation so he could spend it on stuff to give his investors a profit on return. Eventually he just stopped everything and took all the assets and money for himself.

I suppose it could be likened to a MMO in-game pyramid scheme. Hilarious!

Source:
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard...readID=1378711