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Hacker Gary Bowser released from prison early, still owes Nintendo $14.5 million
In April 2020, Bowser, who shares the same name as Nintendo of America’s president (and a certain Nintendo character), was arrested along with fellow Team Xecuter member Max Louarn on 11 felony counts of piracy. The group created tools like modchips and jailbreaks that allowed buyers to circumvent Nintendo’s security…
Bowser has been freed from prison
Console hacker Gary Bowser is getting released from federal prison after spending over two years behind bars, as first reported by TorrentFreak (via Gizmodo). In an interview with YouTuber Nick Moses, Bowser says he was released to a Washington detention center last month, where he now awaits his return to his home country of Canada.
Bowser was arrested and charged with fraud in 2020 for his role in Team Xecuter, a hacking group that made and sold mod chips for the Nintendo Switch, 3DS, NES Classic Edition, Sony’s PlayStation Classic, and other consoles. Since Bowser was living in the Dominican Republic at the time, he was extradited to the US to serve his 40-month sentence, which he says has been cut short due to good behavior.
Although…
Dear Bowser, your princess is in THIS castle
An admittedly thirsty ode to Jack Black’s version of Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie
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With a special shout out to Charlie Day