Hard cash bot muggings in virtual space

Computer characters mugged in virtual crime spree:

"A man has been arrested in Japan on suspicion carrying out a virtual mugging spree by using software "bots" to beat up and rob characters in the online computer game Lineage II. The stolen virtual possessions were then exchanged for real cash."

I wonder if the police took mug shots of the bots.

August 22, 2005 | 05:54 PM