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sanitation@sanitation@lemmy.today

Canada investigating how Skyrim username mixup sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

www.dexerto.com/gaming/canada-investigating-how-skyrim-username-mixup-sent-innocent-man-to-prison-for-18-months-3396037/

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DexertoCanada investigating how Skyrim username mixup sent innocent man to prison for 18 months - DexertoCanadian officials are investigating how an innocent man spent 18 months in prison after police missed an underscore in his Skyrim username.

brown567@brown567@sh.itjust.works

Replying to @⁨sanitation@lemmy.today⁩

To those like me who are confused because Skyrim is single-player: it was a Kik username inspired by Skyrim

jaybone@jaybone@lemmy.zip

Replying to @⁨brown567@sh.itjust.works⁩

Thanks. Also isn’t kik notorious for illegal shit? Like csam?

boonhet@boonhet@sopuli.xyz

Replying to @⁨jaybone@lemmy.zip⁩

I’ve never heard of it in any context other than illegal shit.

⁨Aug⁩ ⁨9⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨21:02⁩en