Pet fish in Japan racks up credit card bill on Nintendo Switch


The fishy incident took place earlier this month where Mutekimaru was live-streaming a game of Pokemon. -SCREENGRAB FROM MUTEKIMARU CHANNEL/YOUTUBE

TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A fish playing a video game in Japan took control of its owner’s Nintendo Switch account, changed the username, set up a PayPal account and then racked up a credit card bill.

This may sound fishy, but it actually happened during a live-stream event on the YouTube page of a YouTuber known as Mutekimaru.

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