Virtual worlds often times mirror the real world, so it is only slightly shocking to discover in-game bank fraud at one of EVE Online’s major financial institutions.

From BBC News: “One of the bank’s controllers stole about 200bn kredits and swapped them for real world cash of £3,115 [roughly $4400]… The theft was carried out by EBank’s chief executive, a player known as Ricdic, now known to be a 27-year-old Australian who works in the technology industry… ‘Basically this character was one of the people who had been running EBank for a while. He took a bunch of (virtual) money out of the bank, and traded it away for real money’”

EVE Online is famous for its complex player driven economy and world events.  I refer to it as the stock market of MMO’s.  Try it free here.