EVE Online player steals $45,000 worth of ISK in massive investment scam

Reading articles like this almost makes me miss playing EVE Online, but then I remember that aside from the meta-game (which is admittedly pretty fun) it's really just a spreadsheet with pretty graphics.

"To put that into perspective, 850 billion is enough ISK to buy about 2575 PLEX."

This is just one reason why eve is the best spreadsheet UI ever.

Every time I hear about this game I'm intrigued. I read a year-or-so-ago about one of the most powerful guilds in the game being infiltrated, it's armories ransacked, and then decimated in a surprise attack/trap.

This isn't an investment scam. This is a bunch of trustees being snookered out of losing control of their corp.

This is a tediously common problem in the real world, the fact that they fell prey to it in EVE just makes 'em chumps :\ (although dude i guess is a con-man or whatevs, but then EVE doesn't seem to be about playing nice and getting along)

This is why I love EVE Online! I haven't played since its beta, but the potential for real loss (and gain) is what makes it so enjoyable. In this way, it is a worthy successor to Ultima Online. I don't know why people play other MMOs - I just don't understand their appeal. They lack the passion, the intensity, the power of these games.

Shareholders wiped out when a hot startup in gaming space dilutes stock, grabs board control, and wipes out common stock holders in insider transaction... where are the VCs in this story?