thewayne | 22 y/o gamer gets 3 years community service for SWATing game developer's office

The guy had been banned from Rainbow Six Siege multiple times, the article doesn't say why, and called in a hostage situation at Ubisoft's office, the game maker, resulting in a SWAT response and several streets in the area being closed. Now, here's the best bit of the article: "After being charged, La Presse reported (via Polygon) that Ouahioune pleaded for Ubisoft to unban his 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."

Yeah. I just scared the ever-loving shit out of your employees, pretty-please unban my account! Oh, he also made threats against Minecraft developers and apparently participated in a DDoS attack against the French government.

At least his conviction includes a psych eval and treatment. And no one was hurt - this happened in Canada where the police aren't quite as eager to shoot as in the USA.

https://www.engadget.com/miffed-rainbow-six-seige-player-sentenced-for-swatting-ubisoft-montreals-offices-201200746.html