Bowser Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison
After a long legal battle, indicted Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser--no relation to the current president of Nintendo of America Doug Bowser or the infamous Mushroom Kingdom villain--has been sentenced to 40 months in prison.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington delivered Bowser's sentence in a case that saw the U.S. government's prosecution successfully argue that Bowser and Team Xecuter had caused Nintendo to suffer $65 million in losses due to «console-hacking software and devices used to play pirated Nintendo Switch games.»
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As the «public face» of the hacking enterprise, the prosecution was aiming to punish Bowser with five years of prison time, while his defense argued that he was being used as a scapegoat to deter other hackers and was the «least culpable» of the other members of Team Xecuter who were also arrested. Conveniently, Bowser's co-defendants reside in countries that do not have extradition treaties.
As for Nintendo, the company thanked the various US law enforcement divisions and the legal system, which also saw Bowser plead guilty and agree to pay Nintendo $10 million in damages, on top of the $4.5 million fine he was handed as part of his plea bargain. «Nintendo appreciates the hard work and tireless efforts of federal prosecutors and law enforcement agencies to curb illegal activities on a global scale that cause serious harm to Nintendo and the video game industry,» the company said in a press
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