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By: Dale Dietrich

Posted on July 18, 2006March 17, 2008 by Dale Dietrich

Japan Investigates Illicit Gold Farming

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) intends to look into wrongdoing perpetrated in connection with online games and virtual currencies.

Source: GameSpot

CategoriesGold Farming, Virtual Property Cases TagsGoldfarming

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