I had to pinch myself after reading this, because I thought it may have been a joke. Just days after we heard about the genius who got busted for thievery by logging in with a stolen Xbox Live gamertag, we hear about another nerdy would-be prince of crime being brought down by his gaming habits.

Here we have Alfred Hightower, who was wanted on some drug dealing charges. He skipped the country when a warrant was put out for him, and then investigators found out Hightower was a fan of a game about, “witches and warlocks.” They eventually put it together that it was World of Warcraft and contacted Blizzard to see if they could gain any information on him.

Blizzard eventually responded to investigators with his IP Address, account information, his character name ‘Rastlynn’ and pretty much everything they needed to find him in his dangerous secret hidden base, located in Canada. It didn’t take long, and now Hightower will be back in the states by January 5th to face charges.

It seems those in charge of our delicate computer information have no problem at all shelving it over to the police, which is great that their catching the bad guys, but a little unnerving at the same time. Well, I guess that’s something to keep in mind before starting any elaborate criminal plots.

[Via: Kotaku]

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