Today, cutthroat sandbox MMO Eve Online further blurs the line between reality and game. Developers CCP have brought down the ban-hammer on Brian Schoeneman, US maritime law lobbyist outside of the game, and elected official “Brisc Rubal” within. The reason: Corruption, announcing that Schoeneman abused his position as a Council Of Stelllar Management member to share “confidential information” that allowed another player to “conduct illicit in-game transactions”. His accounts have been permanently banned from the game, and his co-conspirators hit with a one year ban.
Source : rockpapershotgun.com
