From approximately June 2013 through August 2020, Team Xecuter used different product names for its devices such as the Gateway 3DS, the Stargate, the TrueBlue Mini, the Classic2Magic, and the SX line of devices that included the SX OS, the SX Pro, the SX Lite, and SX Core.
In a statement, DOJ Criminal Division Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian Rabbitt said, “These defendants were allegedly leaders of a notorious international criminal group that reaped illegal profits for years by pirating video game technology of U.S. companies.”
He added that the department “will hold accountable hackers who seek to commandeer and exploit the intellectual property of American companies for financial gain, no matter where they may be located.”
“These defendants lined their pockets by stealing and selling the work of other video-game developers – even going so far as to make customers pay a licensing fee to play stolen games. This conduct doesn’t just harm billion-dollar companies; it hijacks the hard work of individuals working to advance in the video-game industry,” said U.S. Attorney Brian Moran for the Western District of Washington.
