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Convicted console hacker says he paid Nintendo $25 a month from prison | As Gary Bowser rebuilds his life, fellow Team Xecuter indictees have yet to face trial.
As Gary Bowser rebuilds his life, fellow Team Xecuter indictees have yet to face trial.
While people associated with piracy often face fines rather than prison, Nintendo lawyers were upfront that they pushed for jail time for Bowser to “send a message that there are consequences for participating in a sustained effort to undermine the video game industry." Speaking to Ars in 2020, Aurora, a writer for hacking news site Wololo, described Bowser as “kind of a PR guy” for Team Xecuter. Fellow Team Xecuter member and French national Max "MAXiMiLiEN" Louarn, who was indicted and detained in Tanzania at the same time as Bowser’s arrest, was still living in France as of mid-2022 and has yet to be extradited to the US.
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