A Montreal Gazette report says 22-year-old Yanni "Y4nnOXX" Ouahioune, the man responsible for a 2020 swatting that forced the evacuation of Ubisoft Montreal, has been given a three-year community sentence—a non-custodial sentence that allows people convicted of some non-violent crimes to serve their time outside of prison—by a court in France.
The incident occurred in November 2020, after a false report was made to police of a "hostage situation" at Ubisoft Montreal led to a major, day-long police operation. Ultimately, no hostages were found, and fortunately no one was injured; after it was determined that the call was false, Montreal Police said it would launch an investigation to "shed light on the call."
