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Zynga poker player jailed for 2 years
March 26th, 2011 by Joseph Ruthaford
Ashley Mitchell a 29 year old hacker has received 2 years in a United Kingdom jail for hacking into a computer server. He has been found guilty of stealing 400 billion virtual poker chips from the company Zynga. Zynga makes such social networking games as FarmVille, Mafia Wars and Zyngapoker. The poker chips are estimated at a value of $12 million. What he did after he received the chips was transferring the poker chips to multiple accounts on Facebook. Then he would sell the chips at a cheaper price vs. what you would pay Zynga for them. Mitchell made just over £50,000 before he was caught. It is estimated however that he could have made around £184,000. The funny thing is how he actually got caught. He accidentally used his own Facebook profile during one of his attempts to hack into Zynga. So it just goes to show you, if you put your hand into the cookie jar one too many times you are bound to get caught.
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