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Canadian hacker Gary Bowser must pay $10m (\u00a37.5m) to settle Nintendo of America’s lawsuit against him. <\/p>\n

The final judgement in this civil case was filed<\/a> last night, and is separate to the federal lawsuit Bowser already pleaded guilty to at the end of October<\/a>. For that, he was ordered to pay $4.5m, and faces up to 10 years in jail. <\/p>\n

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Canadian hacker Gary Bowser must pay $10m (\u00a37.5m) to settle Nintendo of America’s lawsuit against him. The final judgement in this civil case was filed last night, and is separate to the federal lawsuit Bowser already pleaded guilty to at the end of October. For that, he was ordered to pay $4.5m, and faces up to 10 years in jail. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":435323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"\nNintendo hacker Gary Bowser agrees $10m fine | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Canadian hacker Gary Bowser must pay $10m (\u00a37.5m) to settle Nintendo of America's lawsuit against him. 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