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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AlbericiPosted:

Spank the kid take the game away...forever give the women her money back and drop the charges done.

lilrichard22Posted:

Rant
Honk
liner666 all these people that thinks its on xbox.. its on pc he would of donated to servers to gain stuff or went crazy on a 1000 slot server..


It says that it is on xbox


Yes it does say in the article "the Xbox Live Marketplace."


Then I think it would've been under the "Xbox News" section. They're just stating that Xbox does charge for skins, but all skins available would cost around $30, but not $800.

CyimkingPosted:

Something just seems odd about this story.. One, if a 10yr old is spending 800 bucks on Minecraft, how would you have not noticed? Don't you get a bank statement monthly? Wouldn't the bank call you? I mean my bank calls me for basically everything.

Next, why would she go through the trouble of getting the cops involve for a 10yr old. You have to be atleast 13 yrs or older to be on Xbox Live thus it shouldn't be the kids fault to begin with.

Lastly, how do you spend 800 bucks in Minecraft? I personally never played the game but 800 bucks? This story seems unfinished or something

RantPosted:

Honk
liner666 all these people that thinks its on xbox.. its on pc he would of donated to servers to gain stuff or went crazy on a 1000 slot server..


It says that it is on xbox


Yes it does say in the article "the Xbox Live Marketplace."

HonkPosted:

liner666 all these people that thinks its on xbox.. its on pc he would of donated to servers to gain stuff or went crazy on a 1000 slot server..


It says that it is on xbox

LG6Posted:

Holy cow! This is crazy stuff.

liner666Posted:

all these people that thinks its on xbox.. its on pc he would of donated to servers to gain stuff or went crazy on a 1000 slot server..

DevinDevillPosted:

It's kind of crazy what people nowadays will do to get their back for stuff so stupid as minecraft purchases. and also there is no probable way he could spend 800 dollars on xbox without his grandmother noticing. also she wouldn't have went through that trouble if she had known because she would have caught him in the act easily. the police should really investigate further and check all of the purchases on her credit card it should be fairly easy to see that his grandmother set him up.

ErebdraugPosted:

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one confused about how on earth he managed to spend $800 on Minecraft, I didn't even know there was over $100 worth of DLC for it.

MeteredPosted:

Buttershy I'm with everyone else, HOW does anything MC related add up to 800$?


I'm astonished, it probably took more time buying everything he did rather than the time he used them.


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