However, it's not clear whether Rack or Raangee were involved in the fraud, or if their accounts were hacked. We've tried numerous times to NBA 2K22 MT reach them, but no luck.

According to Tyceno together with other suspect victims who spoke to us, "Rack" reached out to several young gamers through the in-game voice chat feature. (NBA 2K's terms of services prohibits using the service for illegal or commercial purposes, or to wager money in conjunction with others. 2K, the publisher of NBA 2K, has not ever responded to repeated requests for clarification.

Tyceno alleged Rack offered players to invest large sums of cash that promised unusually high return that could be as high as 40%. "I lost $6000, was told to pay $11,000 for that, due to the "interest" we were expected to be paying," one alleged victim aged 21 informed us. Rack put up hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bets, and he wanted to Buy 2K22 MT boast about how much it cost.