Goldsellers and gold buyers beware

Hi All

Excellent news! For those who might be wary of following the link at
the bottom of this post, I quote the article.
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Florida Attorney General’s Office of Economic Crimes Issues
Investigative Subpoena to IGE U.S., a.k.a. Affinity Media

By Scott | December 19, 2007

Today we learned that the Florida Attorney General’s Office of
Economic Crimes issued an investigative subpoena for records to IGE
U.S., a.k.a. Affinity Media. The subpoena was issued pursuant to the
Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act in the course of an
official investigation. The subpoena states that the purpose and scope
of the investigation extends to possible unfair and deceptive trade
practices which involve the advertising and marketing practices of
I.G.E. U.S.

The subpoena seeks records relating to the distribution, marketing,
pricing and sale of World of Warcraft gold. The subpoena also seeks
documents relating to the organization and structure of IGE U.S.,
Affinity Media, and IGE Ltd. The subpoena seeks financial and sales
information, the identity of specific World of Warcraft accounts owned
or controlled by IGE, the identity of World of Warcraft accounts that
IGE has power leveled, and the IP addresses IGE used to log into World
of Warcraft to distribute products sold by IGE. The subpoena also
seeks documents which show all websites owned or controlled by IGE or
its affiliates at any time.

While the Florida Attorney General’s investigation of IGE is not
directly related to our IGE v. Hernandez class action, the Attorney
General’s investigation does involve the same cause of action – the
alleged violation of Florida’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices
Act. Newsome Law Firm will follow this investigation with great
interest and keep our class members updated on this investigation
through this web site."

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You can download a copy of the subpoena, and hopefully follow new
developments at:-

http://www.igeclassaction.com/?p=24

On Dec 21, 12:56 pm, Palindrome wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Excellent news! For those who might be wary of following the link at
> the bottom of this post, I quote the article.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Florida Attorney General's Office of Economic Crimes Issues
> Investigative Subpoena to IGE U.S., a.k.a. Affinity Media
>
> By Scott | December 19, 2007
>
> Today we learned that the Florida Attorney General's Office of
> Economic Crimes issued an investigative subpoena for records to IGE
> U.S., a.k.a. Affinity Media. The subpoena was issued pursuant to the
> Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act in the course of an
> official investigation. The subpoena states that the purpose and scope
> of the investigation extends to possible unfair and deceptive trade
> practices which involve the advertising and marketing practices of
> I.G.E. U.S.
>
> The subpoena seeks records relating to the distribution, marketing,
> pricing and sale of World of Warcraft gold. The subpoena also seeks
> documents relating to the organization and structure of IGE U.S.,
> Affinity Media, and IGE Ltd. The subpoena seeks financial and sales
> information, the identity of specific World of Warcraft accounts owned
> or controlled by IGE, the identity of World of Warcraft accounts that
> IGE has power leveled, and the IP addresses IGE used to log into World
> of Warcraft to distribute products sold by IGE. The subpoena also
> seeks documents which show all websites owned or controlled by IGE or
> its affiliates at any time.
>
> While the Florida Attorney General's investigation of IGE is not
> directly related to our IGE v. Hernandez class action, the Attorney
> General's investigation does involve the same cause of action - the
> alleged violation of Florida's Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices
> Act. Newsome Law Firm will follow this investigation with great
> interest and keep our class members updated on this investigation
> through this web site."
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You can download a copy of the subpoena, and hopefully follow new
> developments at:-
>
> http://www.igeclassaction.com/?p=24

Ouch. Someone somewhere is feeling a swift kick in the nuts.

Expect Blizzard to file in order to obtain information on power
leveled accounts and gold buyers. Many more people may be feeling a
swift kick in the nuts.

Doesn't this also mean that websites like Allakhazam and Thottbot
would possibly end up shut down? I thought IGE ran these sites?