Major embezzlement in EVE's largest player-run bank

Massively reports that EVE Online's largest player-operated bank EBANK has suffered a major financial blow due to an embezzlement scheme by it's former CEO, one Ricdic.

Ricdic reportedly walked away with something in the area of 200 billion ISK, close to 9% of the 2.3 trillion ISK that player's deposited with the bank. Converted to real currency, this ends up being somewhere in the area of $4,000,000 USD. No laughing matter, to say the least. EBANK's chairman has issued a statement on the game's forums, stating that CCP has banned Ricidc for <abbr title="real money trade">RMT</abbr>. One can only hope they acted quickly enough to stop him from profiting from this.

LOL! This is actually quite amusing. EVE is a game in which smuggling and stealing from corps. banks are actually permitted. Obviously, turning it into real money would be a violation of the TOS agreement, and this why that player was banned. It's fun to see that these insane, underhanded bank schemes are still going on in that game. I think it was a large part of the appeal of EVE. You could join a corporation, rise up through the ranks, then wipe out half the bank, and split off to some other corp. "Corporate Spy." Fun times! :)

Eh. I find it so disappointing that such a beautifully built game engine is wasted on this sort of nonsense.

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Originally Posted by Okaria

Eh. I find it so disappointing that such a beautifully built game engine is wasted on this sort of nonsense.

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I see your point, but I also think it makes the game a little more realistic. You gotta be careful who you trust - that sort of thing. Anyways, this particular incident was unfortunate but I do like that it's a part of the game.
I'm sure lots of others will have differing views and opinions on this of course. The entire game is based around a huge player run economy, and just like irl it IS possible to rob a bank. But there will surely be major consequences. You will be hunted to the ends of the universe and spam-killed over and over unless you have a new corp. to back you up.

I find it amusing that with just adding a couple letters, Ricdic becomes RichDick.