GTA Online money glitching: “Rockstar police” go on ban spree

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Sounds as though Rockstar’s getting serious about cracking down on GTA Online money glitchers, with reports surfacing of “undercover” employees infiltrating the community to bust perps.


GTA YouTube DomisLive notes in this video, several prominent YouTubers have been banned over the promotion of money glitching.

YouTubers such as Sir Weed, are apparently being targeted over videos such as this, which shows an exploit to boost bank accounts by millions in minutes:


Rockstar’s increasingly aggressive stance on glitching comes as it builds to the release of Heists, the GTA Online add-on which will supposedly replicates the larger scale robberies from GTA 5′s main campaign.

While no release date has been offered for Heists as yet, constant rumour is pegging the update for the next-gen versions of GTA V later this year. Heists, according to the GTA community, could offer pay-outs as high as $1.5 million per job.

In addition, YouTuber NoahJ456 (who’s also been banned over money glitch violations), rumoured recently that Rockstar employees, whom he dubs “the Rockstar police,” have been entering games to weedle out glitchers before placing them in the Cheaters Pool. Once you’re in here, you’re stuck for weeks.


Money glitching is a major topic among GTA Online players, as the game is notoriously tough when it comes to making cash. Players have long asked Rockstar for easier ways to accrue larger amounts of dollars.

Rockstar has reportedly been hot-patching money glitches with increasing enthusiasm since the last GTA Online update, the Independence Day Special, in early July.

The only current methods to make money are doing jobs (an average mission will net a few thousands dollars), killing people and stealing the cash that drops from the corpse (again, no one’s getting rich this way) or buying in-game currency with real money: The Great White Shark Cash Card, for example, costs £15 (€18.99 on the Xbox Store) and will give you $1.25 million in-game.

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TravitorPosted:

these are just game breakers. nothing else to be said

ZipsPosted:

To be honest, in their point of view, i can see why they done it, you hack/exploit, you get banned, you can't go on as if they're the only people that do it.

MortarPosted:

In my opinion Rockstar have no right to do this if they can't even release the Heists update in a timely manner. It isn't always so easy to make a decent amount of money on GTA Online, especially considering Rockstar decided to make the much loved Rooftop Rumble mission require more effort. Once they release Heists, sure they can have a field day combing through the players to find the cheaters and take appropriate action, but until then, they should just wait.

SecretlyPosted:

Ortho
Secretly At least I wasn't one of Rockstars victims during that banning spree. All I got was a reset.


Same here, but people need to just stop modding


100% agree, the game when it first came out was so enjoyable then any other this year so far. Thinking back I kinda missed it when it first came out cos of all the fun I had racing etc..

SecretlyPosted:

At least I wasn't one of Rockstars victims during that banning spree. All I got was a reset.

orgyPosted:

Seems pretty stupid to me. I always go on invite only anyways

StpPosted:

Well Finally. This might make the game fair.

DeluxeHazardPosted:

This is just too much. They make money nearly impossible to get.

HellboyTxPosted:

Have you seen the shark cards prices 3mill for 50$ **** rockstar they sold us all an incomplete game and are getting mad at us

HQModsPosted:

There is a better money glitch right here: http://thetechgame.org/forums/topic/1668864874-new-solo-money-glitch-july-13-2014/

You don't need a friend to help you and it is much easier.