The Chinese government and the gaming giant “Tencent” teamed up to crack down on video game cheat rings and ended up closing down the “world’s biggest” cheat operation.
According to the BBC, the operation called “Chicken Drumstick” had a website that sold cheat codes to “hundreds of countries and regions.”
The gang designed and sold cheat codes to some of the most popular video games, including “Overwatch” and “Call of Duty Mobile.” The subscription prices for the game uses ranged from around $10 a day to up to $200 a month.
Police in Kunshan (near Shanghai) found and destroyed 17 cheats and arrested 10 people in connection with the ring. The organization made about $76 million in revenue from the fees charged to subscribers. Police seized $46 million in assets from the crime ring, including several luxury cars.
