The latest update to the ongoing Gary Bowser situation is a rather major one. After being extradited and arrested, the Team Xecuter member was slapped with a $10 million dollar fine, and then taken to trial, where he was sentenced to over 3 years in prison. Bowser, also known online as GaryOPA, was set to serve his 40-month sentence in a US federal prison, but he and his lawyer argued for an early release. As of March 28th, Bowser has indeed been released from prison, though he is still at a detention facility, where he is awaiting transport back to Canada.

A video interview with Bowser offers some insight as to his experiences, including the fact that he has had no contact with any of the other TX members who have evaded capture. Despite having to pay a $10 million fine as a result of a civil suit, on top of another $4.5 million fine for circumventing devices illegally, Bowser has worked while in prison, earning enough to pay $175.00 of that 14,500,000.00 total. As a consequence, any job that Bowser gets after getting back to Canada will garnish his wages and send them to Nintendo, to the tune of about a third of his income, likely for the rest of his life.

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[Noctosphere]

He was part of a criminal organisation

why the necro?

 

[realtimesave]

dang necro-bump supreme.

 

[Guacaholey]

He was part of a criminal organisation

He was part of a group that sold flash carts, not part of a counterfeiting ring.

 

[M7L7NK7]

He was part of a group that sold flash carts, not part of a counterfeiting ring.

...which he went to jail for being a part of

 

[Guacaholey]

...which he went to jail for being a part of

That doesn't mean it was just.

 

[M7L7NK7]

Dunno what you're trying to argue here, if you make money off doing something illegal you run the risk of punishment.. doesn't matter if you think it was just or not.

 

[JeepX87]

If you gets involved in organization that is determined to be criminal, so you will be punished no matter if you have little involvement or different role that is apart from main criminal offense.

Simply, don't get involved at all and don't break any laws. I know one deaf man was sent to federal prison for making terroristic threat and when he got out - he has to pay heavy fine that is garnished from his social security disability payment. He is silent and no longer to get involved in deaf communities. He was very loud outspoken person before he got arrested.

 

[Bladexdsl]

he'll be going back soon because of migswitch when nintendos black force ops team get their hands on him again