Nintendo, one of the game console developers impacted by the illicit enterprise, has thanked prosecutors. Two others allegedly involved in Team Xecuter have been indicted but are not in custody. The Nintendo hacker was arrested in September 2020 and was deported from the Dominican Republic. In total, Team Xecuter is said to be responsible for $65 million in piracy-related damages.
He was allegedly responsible for customer relations, marketing, and news, and also assisted in the creation of a pirated game library.ĭonald Voiret, special agent in charge of the FBI Seattle field office, said Bowser and Team Xecuter at large were responsible for stealing “millions of dollars in profit and victim losses from the intellectual property of others”. The organization was known for selling mod chips and providing guides to jailbreak devices to run emulators and to play pirated games.īowser was one of the lead figures in Team Xecuter, and the 52-year-old has been described by US prosecutors as the “link” between game console hackers and a customer base. Team Xecuter was a hacking outfit for game consoles including the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS, Microsoft Xbox, and the Sony PlayStation Classic. On Thursday (February 10), the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said that Gary Bowser, a Canadian national, has been sentenced to more than three years (40 months) in prison and must pay $4.5 million to Nintendo as part of a plea agreement, adding to a previous $10 million judgment.īowser was convicted of two federal felonies, Conspiracy to Circumvent Technological Measures and to Traffic in Circumvention Devices, and Trafficking in Circumvention Devices.
Underground business sold jailbreak devices for consoles including the Nintendo Switch, 3DS, and Microsoft’s XboxĪ principal salesman and ‘modder’ for Team Xecuter has been jailed for his role in a video game and console piracy operation.
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