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See my other comment above. The "organization" in question is (most likely) an illegal business which didn't pay taxes. This is almost certainly a "criminal matter" in most countries, police get involved all the time when it comes to illegal business practices, at the least the police is doing searches and arrests.

This isn't the old type of harmless "crackers and warez groups" scene, but first and foremost about making money.

PS: I wonder if commenters here think that Tencent is sending police after the people using those cheats? It's clearly about the organization producing and selling the cheats. The players will at most get a simple ban.



Both this comment and your earlier comment appear to be speculation.

Above you said they did not pay taxes, but now you seem less sure. Why?

What is your evidence?


It's my speculation in this specific case, but that's how such "companies" usually work, they are highly professional in every aspect except for being an actually registered company - because then they could be "legally dealt with", depending on the country they operate from of course (I've been on the other side for the last 10 years working on an MMO, and having to deal with professional-quality commercial bots is unfortunately a constant "background distraction" for us).


Thanks for the context regarding your experience in a related domain.

Still, in your comments you have been presenting speculation as fact. Please don't do that.




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