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The police raided a warehouse expecting a crypto mining farm…
What they found instead?
3,800 PlayStations running FIFA. 🎮
Ukraine’s security service hit a warehouse in Vinnytsia and discovered PS4 consoles stacked from floor to ceiling—every single one running FIFA 21 on autopilot.
No players. No controllers.
Just machines farming Ultimate Team coins 24/7.
The goal?
Sell those coins on the black market.
⚡ The operation was stealing around $259,000/month in electricity
⚡ It even caused power blackouts across the city
⚡ The consoles alone were worth $1.5 million
And here’s where it gets wild…
EA makes about $1.6 billion a year from Ultimate Team.
The FIFA coin black market? Over $200 million annually.
At those rates, 3,800 consoles running nonstop could generate $3–5 million a year.
Let that sink in.
Around the same time, an EA employee was caught selling rare Ultimate Team cards for $1,000 each on the side.
Even the people behind the game…
were playin
$g the same game. 👀