From Bans to Court: NC Sues 5 AION 2 Players Over Cheating
Published 2025-12-15Updated 2026-09-193 min read
NC filed a criminal complaint against five AION 2 players in Seoul, part of a crackdown that has already banned 72,621 accounts across 23 enforcement waves.
Most MMO anti-cheat stories end with a ban hammer. NC decided theirs should end in a courtroom: on December 12, the company filed a formal complaint with the Seoul Gangnam Police against five AION 2 players for repeated use of unauthorized programs.
Why These Five
NC's statement is specific about the profile: not casual cheaters, but users who ran illegal software long-term and repeatedly, breaking game balance while profiting through account selling and illicit movement of in-game currency. In other words, the targets are the bot-farm supply chain that corrodes an MMO economy, not just individual offenders.
The Scale of the Crackdown
The lawsuit lands on top of an already aggressive enforcement record since the November 18 launch:
- 23 large-scale punishment waves carried out by mid-December
- 72,621 accounts banned for violating operational policy
- A December 9 official broadcast in which NC promised "strong legal responses" to environment-ruining behavior — fulfilled within 72 hours
For players, the takeaway is straightforward: NC is treating cheats, bots and gold farming as a business to be dismantled, and is willing to spend legal fees proving it. Our macro and ban policy guide breaks down which tools are safe to use and which will get an account flagged, and the Abyss Points guide covers the legitimate PvP grind the bots were faking.