🎮 World of Warcraft as a 'laundry'? A new version has been leaked online
A story is gaining traction that Jeffrey Epstein allegedly used the in-game currency of World of Warcraft as a tool for money laundering.
The essence of the proposed scheme:
• injecting funds in the form of purchasing in-game currency
• distributing across multiple accounts
• reselling through gray markets
• withdrawing already 'cleaned' funds
Gaming worlds have indeed existed for a long time outside of strict financial oversight —
without KYC, without blockchain transparency, with an active black market.
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An interesting nuance
In the context of discussions, the name Steve Bannon surfaced, who in the 2000s was involved in a business for farming in-game currency.
This added fuel to the fire for conspiracy theorists, but it is important to understand:
at this point, we are talking about media claims and investigations, not confirmed judicial conclusions.
And this once again shows that digital economies existed long before crypto —
just without a transparent registry.
The question is not about the game.
The question is how any closed ecosystem can be misused.