10-year-old scores felony charge through 'Minecraft

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The online building-block game Minecraft is a great tool that can lead to the strengthening of a player's creative and strategic abilities.

For one unfortunate child, though, the game led to something else: a felony charge.

An unidentified 74-year-old grandmother from Lincoln, Neb., received a call from her bank notifying her of suspicious charges on her credit card account. It turns out that the thief was not some random cyber criminal, but rather her 10-year-old grandson. The child had managed to rack up over $800 on the card through Minecraft.

The only way the woman could reverse the charges was to file a police report. When she did so, the boy attracted police officers' suspicion of felony theft. Because of his age, the boy's case will be heard in juvenile court.

While the Xbox Live Marketplace does indeed charge for some additions to the game, such as themes or additional characters and tools, nothing is anywhere near $800. Most items available for purchase run anywhere from $1 to $4.

On the other hand, $800 can buy a lot of pickaxes.

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Source: http://www.dailydot.com/crime/nebraska-xbox-minecraft-felony-theft-grandson/

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CRMPosted:

Or he may of donated to servers?

Evo8Posted:

This is just absurd. How did he even reach that amount.

thecelloman16Posted:

I am placing my bet on the idea that he gave the card's information to freinds and so on and they kept getting everything for minecraft. That is the most reasonable idea that I can think of.

KatsumiPosted:

Jayden- I'm not really sure - and the article didn't clarify - how exactly he spent $800.

As the article does say, most things range from one dollar to four dollars. So how did he manage to do this?

Lol @ His grandmother filing a police lawsuit against him.


I would of liked to know this as well if possible. Maybe he just brought the base game and every single pack available on the Xbox Live marketplace

MyNameIsMyNamePosted:

Think this is stupid, the way the 10 year old will now have a criminal record. I did dumb shit when I was that age and younger, I'm thankful that the police were never called. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to pursue the career that I want to pursue, (Police Officer). Think that she should have either said it wasn't him OR paid the $800.

LairPosted:

What the **** could he possible buy that many times?

AxePosted:

ZENU96 Shows how addictive minecraft is to a 10 year old's mind, seriously stealing your grandma's credit card just for a game really?


I think that his grandmas card might have just been on the xbox system origionally, and he just kept buying more stuff with out permission.

SIKSPosted:

Shows how addictive minecraft is to a 10 year old's mind, seriously stealing your grandma's credit card just for a game really?

UrfPosted:

Humpday
NikolaiLoverG935
CL4PTRAP How can a kid buy $800 worth of minecraft stuff of the xbl store?
Seems like a scam.


This is in the Technology section. Maybe he did it on the PC or something idk.
I give up on humanity. If you looked at there source, if you read the article, if you took anytime to read anything you wouldn't sound like a ******. It's in the wrong section, but it has nothing to do with of, and were on Minecraft can you buy pick axes like this article states. It seems as if they are confused, cause last time I checked, you can buy pick axes on minecraft xbox edition.


There's no possible way you can rack up $800 worth of stuff on the XBL version of Minecraft. All the stuff only racks up to around $40(if that)

VEVOPosted:

It definitely wasn't just Minecraft stuff. He spent it on a load of other stuff too. All the stuff for Minecraft doesn't equal to anything near $800. He bought a buttload of other stuff too. My question is why the grandmother wasn't monitoring her credit card to begin with...


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