IGE US or Affinity Media has been issued a subpoena by the Florida Attorney General's Office of Economic Crimes. What they are asking IGE US/Affinity Media to provide has me thinking it could be better than Christmas:
The subpoena seeks records relating to the distribution, marketing, pricing and sale of World of Warcraft gold. The subpoena also seeks documents relating to the organization and structure of IGE U.S., Affinity Media, and IGE Ltd. The subpoena seeks financial and sales information, the identity of specific World of Warcraft accounts owned or controlled by IGE, the identity of World of Warcraft accounts that IGE has power leveled, and the IP addresses IGE used to log into World of Warcraft to distribute products sold by IGE. The subpoena also seeks documents which show all websites owned or controlled by IGE or its affiliates at any time.
This will be like the Mitchell Report for MMO's. The list of websites is going to be awesome as well. I can't wait to see what dramabomb gets dropped if a list of power leveled accounts leaks out to the WoW community.
Why it specifically singles out World of Warcraft is an interesting question. IGE offers RMT services in 16 other games, but since the on-going class action suit names World of Warcraft, the Florida AG may have felt that WoW was the only one worth spending tax payer dollars on.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
