Former Old School RuneScape Developer Sentenced For Stealing In-Game Gold From Players
Kotaku | 05.09.2026 23:52
In 2019, Andrew Lakeman was arrested by Cambridgeshire police over suspicions of robbing nearly half a million from his employer. Sort of. Known as “Mod Jed” by the RuneScape community, Lakeman used his access as a developer to steal and resell in-game items and gold. After a lengthy investigation, the developer has been sentenced, facing upwards of three years in real life prison.
