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The Xbox Gift Card Fraud: Inside a $10 Million Bitcoin Virtual Currency Cheat
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-microsoft-xbox-gift-card-fraud

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In February 2020, federal prosecutors from the Western District of Washington took Kvashuk to trial for money laundering, identity theft, and wire and mail fraud, as well as filing false tax returns.

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Gamasutra - An Xbox engineer used gift cards to fuel a $10 million fraud spree
https://gamasutra.com/view/news/384519/An_Xbox_engineer_used_gift_cards_to_fuel_a_10_million_fraud_spree.php

The crime worked like this: Kvashuk would use an internal testing account to purchase the strings of codes. These accounts weren’t supposed to be able to complete real purchases—but that restriction was only limited to physical objects. Digital transactions, like gift card codes, could be completed.

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