Twenty-two-year-old Yanni Ouahioune made the false report to police on Nov. 13, 2020, claiming that hostages had been taken within the Ubisoft office in Montreal. A police tactical unit arrived in armored vehicles and evacuated the building. Other employees took refuge in barricaded rooms and on the building’s roof before discovering there was no threat. The Ubisoft Montreal building in the city’s Mile End neighborhood can house thousands of workers.

Court documents later revealed that Ouahioune was a Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege player upset that he’d been banned from the game, allegedly more than 80 times. Later, it was revealed that he’d swatted the studio — the act of making a false emergency call to send a heavy police response to the victim’s address — two other times, and harassed other players in the same way.

Ouahioune used a computer in his parents’ home and routed the hoax calls through Russian servers, The Montreal Gazette said. Even after being charged, Ouahioune asked Canadian newspaper La Presse to unban his Rainbow Six Siege account: “Can you say that I am kindly asking the Ubisoft team to ‘unban’ my account please,” Ouahioune said. “I have put over $1,500 in cosmetic enhancements in my profile.”

Peak shit.

lol spending $1500 on a game, he should be locked up for good

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Are there real guns that sell for that much, outside of historical antiques I guess.

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rich people buying things from themselves and each other doesnt count

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Ouahioune used a computer in his parents’ home and routed the hoax calls through Russian servers, The Montreal Gazette said. Even after being charged, Ouahioune asked Canadian newspaper La Presse to unban his Rainbow Six Siege account: “Can you say that I am kindly asking the Ubisoft team to ‘unban’ my account please,” Ouahioune said. “I have put over $1,500 in cosmetic enhancements in my profile.”

No fucking WAY DUDE

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I love that it gets better…

player upset that he’d been banned from the game, allegedly more than 80 times

and better…

Later, it was revealed that he’d swatted the studio […] two other times, and harassed other players in the same way.

and better!

Ouahioune’s three-year sentence includes punishment for several other charges related to a DDoS attack on a French government office and against Minecraft developer Mojang.

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They’ve gone and done it. Made me feel bad for Ubisoft.

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He was expecting the SWAT team to be like player characters in R6 wasn’t he

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