People in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, arrested a 23-year-old man for violating the country’s Law on Preventing Unfair Competition. According Asahi News, the suspect is accused of selling a modded Sobble.
Last April, the suspect, an unemployed resident of Nagoya, allegedly hacked the character via computer and sold it to a Kyoto man for 4,400 yen ($ 42). At a news conference today, the city police showed the desktop PC used to change the data.
The suspect, Asahi News he adds, it is said that he confessed.
According to Japanese law, improper activities like this violate the Law on the Prevention of Unfair Competition.
For a year, until November last year, the man is believed to have earned 1,150,000 yen ($ 10,900) from the sale of modded Pokémon shield and sword characters.