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by bradleyjg 3066 days ago
Maybe if the whole thing is dropped neatly with a bow on someone's desk at a cybercrime unit of the central police in the country where the perpetrator lives. But probably not.

It's not so much because authorities don't consider it a crime, like stealing WoW gear, but because of the difficulties in investigating and prosecuting the case vs the total losses.