'FIFA' hackers guilty of 'mining' $16 million from EA

[Joystiq]

We tend to think of 'wire fraud' as a

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perpetrated against a banking institution, but in a world with virtual currencies and online marketplace, the reality can be a bit more complex. Take the case of Anthony Clark, a 24-year-old man from Whittier, CA, who was

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of a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He didn't defraud a major US bank -- he and three others mined $16 million worth of

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from EA Sports' popular series of soccer games.

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