• Virtual-Furniture Teen Thievery Ring Nabbed on Habbo

    Wednesday, November 14th, 2007

    Erick Schonfeld is a technology journalist and the former Editor in Chief of TechCrunch. At TechCrunch, he oversaw the editorial content of the site, helped to program the Disrupt conferences and CrunchUps, produced TCTV shows, and wrote daily for the blog. He joined TechCrunch as Co-Editor in 2007, and helped take it from a popular blog to a thriving... → Learn More

    habbo-room.pngDutch police have stopped a ring of teenage furniture thieves who were caught stealing virtual chairs and sofas in Habbo Hotel, a 3D virtual world popular in Europe. One 17-year old was arrested, and five younger teenagers were questioned, according to BBC News.

    Members of Habbo Hotel decorate their rooms with digital furniture and other items that they pay real money for. The Dutch teens scammed other members into giving them their passwords and then took their digital furniture, which was worth a total of 4,000 Euros ($5,863).

    habbo-chair.pngUnfortunately for them, on Habbo there is no such thing as a fence. Here”s how they got caught:

    The six teenagers are suspected of moving the stolen furniture into their own Habbo rooms.

    Duh. Yet where else were they going to put it?

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