Nintendo is hard on people who hack their games or commit any kind of piracy-related act. Examples abound, but there is one that drew attention a few years ago because of the severe punishment that a hacker will have to undergo, which will last his entire life.
You may remember the case of Gary Bowser, one of the members of a Nintendo game piracy group who was targeted by the Japanese company’s merciless manhunt. Despite the fact that he was one of the least responsible for the fact of the hack itself (responsible for the sales), Gary Bowser, who made around $320,000 USD from the hacking business, was one of the first caught and severely punished. .
The subject of more then 52 years was sentenced to 40 months in prison in 2022, just over 3 years, something that Nintendo celebrated and thanked the authorities.
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Nintendo will punish hacker for the rest of his life
Well, after being in custody for the next 16 months after his capture in 2021, Bowser entered prison in March 2022 and has been serving his sentence ever since. However, Bowser will soon leave the prison thanks to the good behavior he has shown during his stay.
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According to the details, which were revealed by Bowser himself in a conversation with the youtuber NickMoses05 (via Kotaku), after the liberation he will be able to return to his home in Canada, but that does not mean that he will be completely free, but that he will have to pay the fine that the justice imposed on him, which will last a lifetime.
As we told you, Bowser will have to pay $10 million, an extremely high amount that Bowser will hardly be able to get, so he will have to pay it little by little. Bowser confessed that Nintendo may take between 25% and 30% of his monthly income to pay the fine. In fact, Bowser has already started paying for it, since in prison he was able to get a job thanks to which he was already able to pay $175 USD.
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