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Dustin Bailey

Fortnite player allegedly cheated to win $6k in a competitive tournament - now he owes Epic $175k and is banned from the game "forever"

Fortnite V-Bucks.

Epic is celebrating a legal win over an alleged Fortnite cheater who now owes the company $175,000 after ignoring a lawsuit filed late last year. That money is going straight to charity, but it represents one heck of a chunk of change compared with the $6k the player apparently won by cheating in a competitive tournament.

Back in December 2024, Epic said on Twitter that it "filed a lawsuit against a player who cheated in our tournaments. This player used cheating software and hardware and tried to avoid getting caught by using multiple accounts."

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