http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8132547.stmQuote:Space trading game Eve Online has suffered a virtual version of the credit crunch.
One of the game's biggest financial institutions lost a significant chunk of its deposits as a huge theft started a run on the bank.
One of the bank's controllers stole about 200bn kredits and swapped them for real world cash of £3,115.
For a long but incredibly interesting history of scamming in Eve Online I strongly recommend this thread:
http://eve-search.com/thread/940185