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Jonty Wareing
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A screenshot of a Wikipedia article: Credit card fraud Black neon tetras committed credit card fraud during a 2023 livestream by "Mutekimaru Channel" on YouTube. The owner was using motion-tracking software to turn the fishes' movements into Nintendo Switch inputs, letting them "play" video games.[8] In 2020, the fish beat Pokemon Sapphire after 3,195 hours, a feat that takes about 30 hours for a typical human.[9][8] On January 14, 2023, Pokémon Violet crashed at 1,144 hours, giving the fish free access to the main menu. They entered inputs that opened Nintendo eShop, added 500 yen ($3.85 USD) to their owner's account, and exposed his credit card details on the livestream.[10][11] Mutekimaru later requested a refund of the 500 yen from Nintendo.[12] "Fish eagerly read the terms and conditions. Many of us humans don't read the terms of service, but fish are smarter than we are" – caption from Mutekimaru in a video about the incident[12] The fish also downloaded an N64 emulator, set up PayPal, used reward points to buy an avatar, and changed Mutekimaru's Nintendo account name to "ROWAWAWAWA¥".[13] After about seven hours, their movements shut down the Switch.