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In Japan, Man Arrested For Modding And Reselling PS3
Original source: kotaku.com
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Forty-four-year-old Tadaaki Abe has been arrested in Kagawa, Japan, for modding a PlayStation 3 and then selling it.
He was arrested for selling a modded PS3 for 15,555 yen ($145) to a Tokyo man in his 40s .
The modded PS3 was sold last year through an online auction site.
Abe, a part-time worker, was arrested yesterday.