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EVE Online banker embezzles billions of kredits

Game: EVE Online
Posted by boghdunn on 03-Jul-2009 14:04

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According to Reuters, the CEO of EBank, the largest player-run bank of space MMO EVE Online, stole billions of kredits and exchanged them for real money.

The gamer in question is a 27-year old Australian playing as Ricdic. Married and father of two children, the Australian player said he stole the 200 billion kredits and sold them for 5.100 dollars in order to solve certain real-life financial problems. “It was a very on the spot decision”, he said.

CCP Games deactivated Ricdic's account because his act “unbalances the game” (as specified by company representative Ned Coker).

This penalty wouldn't have been applied if Ricdic had only stolen the kredits, without also selling them for real money. "We have never seen ourselves as gods who make the rules of social interaction," said CCP economics adviser Eyjolfur Gudmundsson. "You are able to lose the things you have created. That's what makes the world interesting."

EBank was known as one of the few trustworthy player-run banks in EVE Online, and CEO Ricdic also had a positive reputation. Following this incident, EBank had to deal with a wave of panic among customers, but the other players running the bank managed to keep it afloat.