Virtual Bank-corruptcy

Forgive my play on words, but it looks like the old adage "if something looks to good to be true, it probably isn’t" holds fast here. Ginko Financial, a virtual bank the the game Second Life by Linden Labs was offering a 60% return on investments, and when they disappeared in the middle of the night, they did so with 750k of real currency.

Benjamin Duranske’s blog Virtually Blind is an ongoing account of the saga that is plaguing Second Lifers this month, on the heels of last months gambling ban.

Source: Wired