In its run of success these past years, many of us have felt at least a little bit of an addiction to Candy Crush Saga on our smartphones, tablets, or Facebook pages. But has your love of the game ever driven you to steal thousands of dollars just to keep playing –– and from your own mother, no less?
For nearly two years now, a 45-year-old English woman funneled money from her mother’s bank account just to fund her need for extra lives in Candy Crush, as well as items for other online games, The Telegraph reported. Even worse: It was because the woman was acting as her mother’s caregiver that she had access to her finances. In January 2014, the woman’s mother noticed that a sum of more than £1,000, or almost $2,000, was missing. It was only then that the daughter admitted taking it to finance her Candy Crush habit.
Charged with fraud, the compulsive gamer was recently hit with a 12-week prison sentence, a temporary nighttime curfew, and an order to pay the money back.
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