Destiny 2 cheat maker refuses to show up for court and now owes Bungie $6.7 million
Another day, another big lawsuit win for Bungie: This time around, the Destiny 2 studio has won a $6.7 million default judgment against Kunal Bansal, the operator of the cheating website lavicheats.com.
Bungie's case against Lavicheats actually began in 2021(opens in new tab), alongside similar complaints brought against Elite Tech Boss and VeteranCheats. The Elite Tech Boss case was settled in June 2022 for $13.5 million(opens in new tab), but neither LaviCheats nor VeteranCheats responded to Bungie's lawsuits. Because of that, Bungie filed for default judgments against both cheat makers; a $12 million(opens in new tab) judgment against VeteranCheats was awarded to the studio last week, and today it scored a $6.7 million win against LaviCheats.
That might seem like an odd, even arbitrary, number, but it's not—here's how it breaks down in the ruling, available in full via The Game Post(opens in new tab):
That's a pretty hefty sum of cash, far more than Bungie alleges Bansal made by selling Destiny 2 cheats. The studio calculated his earnings on the «Delta cheat» (downloaded 962 times) at between $9,610.38 and $124,098, while his profit on the «Ring-1 cheat» (downloaded 1,828 times) at between $36,377.20 and $455,172. Bungie said it has spent a «minimum of $2 million on game security staffing and software» in order to «combat the Bansal cheats and other cheating devices of Destiny 2.»
The default judgment was awarded because Bansal simply refused to participate in the case, but the ruling makes clear that he was probably screwed even if he'd mounted a vigorous defense. The judge found in Bungie's favor on every point, from DMCA violations through copyright and trademark infringements, a Consumer Protection Act claim, and
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