



Earlier this month Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was officially released in China, a huge move for a game that already boasted an active player pool of over 10 million.





Its arrival has opened opportunity for businesses in the country, including some that specialize in making video game cheats for players who hate losing too much to follow the rules.





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Mr. Pan is just one of many software developers who programs cheats for a living. His popular program, called "CS: GO Daniel", allows Chinese players to see enemies through walls and aim perfectly without effort. Despite profiting greatly off selling his work over the past few weeks, he's now paying a great price.





Just days ago Chinese law enforcement found and arrested Mr. Pan after the game's Chinese publisher Perfect World helped track him down. He is now being charged for breaking criminal and public security law, and faces up to 15 years in prison while sporting a stained grey t-shirt and bedhead.





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China takes cheat development far more seriously than in the West. In addition to potentially serving 15 years of prison time, Mr. Pan's being forced to pay a fine that's five times greater than the amount of revenue he made (supposedly the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars). They even released images of him being interrogated and arrested, as seen below:













Mr. Pan is now hoping to enable sv_cheats so he can noclip his way out of jail.





Moral of the story: if you're going to make video game cheats, make them in the United States where law enforcement is too busy sumo wrestling people.



