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First-ever Switch modding case in Japan ends with fine and suspended jail time
While people have been arrested in other parts of the world for selling modified Nintendo Switch consoles, it had never happened in Japan before Otobe's apprehension at...
Otobe, a transportation worker from Ryugasaki City, was initially arrested on suspicion of soldering hardware modifications onto circuit boards in used Switch consoles, thereby allowing them to run pirated games. NTV News (via Automaton) reports that in a hearing held on April 14, Otobe was found guilty of infringing on Nintendo's trademark rights and other violations. The Canadian national, a key member of the Team Xecuter group that created tools like modchips and jailbreaks for circumventing Nintendo's security measures, was arrested in 2020 in the Dominican Republic on 11 felony counts of piracy.
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