People in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, have arrested a 23-year-old man for violating the country’s Prevention of Unfair Competition Act. Conformable Asahi news, the suspect is accused of selling a modified Sobble.
In April last year, the suspect, an unemployed man from Nagoya, allegedly hacked the character into a computer and sold it to a Kyoto man for 4,400 yen ($ 42). At a press conference today, the prefectural police showed the desktop computer used to modify the data.
The suspect, Asahi news he adds, he is said to have confessed.
Under Japanese law, an inappropriate activity like this violates Law on the prevention of unfair competition.
For a year to November last year, the man is believed to have earned 1,150,000 yen ($ 10,900) for the modded sale. Sword and Shield Pokémon character.