Student Makes a Million Online, Gets Deported 309
Via Kotaku, a story at the Mainichi daily news about an enterprising exchange student that got himself deported. Wang Yue Si, a Chinese student who went to Japan on a student visa, found himself in need of some spending money. Since he was a gamer, he decided to make some cash by selling virtual items online. He was so successful, the cops noticed. From the article: "He started selling items such as weapons and currency for online games through an Internet auction site in April this year, without obtaining the appropriate residency status. Wang, living in Kumamoto, has admitted that he sold the virtual goods for about 6 million yen ($US 1.3 Million), in violation of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law. A bank worker became suspicious when Wang regularly sent money back home to China and alerted police in August, prompting Kumamoto police officers to investigate the student."
Re:Lucky he wasn't hung.. (Score:4, Funny)
Say "make it $5 and you've got a deal."
House Rules (Score:5, Funny)
House Rules: The house takes a 50% cut of all real money transactions that affect game play.
If Chon Wang wants to sell Park Place to Princess Pei Pei for $10, someone's going to have to fork $5 over to me.
Re:These stories get more common... (Score:5, Funny)
See, because you suggested letting them off lightly like that you got modded troll. Try to suppress your misplaced sense of mercy. Some people aren't worth it.
Re:Article says *arrested*, not deported (Score:4, Funny)
Well, at least that would be true if Japan has the same laws as the US. As an American, I'm not really capable of imagining places that aren't America, so I just pretend that everywhere that isn't America is just more America except people talk funny.
Five little words (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Lucky he wasn't hung.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:1 Million Dollars? (Score:5, Funny)
Whoa. Curveball.
Re:1 Million Dollars? (Score:5, Funny)
New exchange rate? (Score:2, Funny)
In Tokyo, I spend about 1000-1500 yen on lunch every day. Given this new exchange rate, that means my lunch today will cost between $216.66 and $324.99 USD! Of course, now I'll be rich when I go back home to the states
Re:wonders of the tubes.... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:wonders of the tubes.... (Score:3, Funny)
Shhh. How dare you threaten the myth of the Rugged Individual? These are self-made men! All of your girly infrastructure, legal protections, immunizations, public education, stabilized currency and whatnot just impeded their awesome achievements.