Two people have been arrested by Chinese police for allegedly staying at esports hotels for the sole purpose of stealing memory from rigs. Yeah, I was unfamiliar with esports hotels too.
Initially, Li worked alone, staying at a hotel in Shihezi City, according to Guangming Online (via Tom's Hardware). With the memory crisis in full swing, RAM is in high demand and therefore very expensive. That's especially true for memory that you would stick into a gaming PC.
After stealing from one esports hotel alone, Li allegedly recruited Cheng, and the two stayed at different hotels from May 15 to May 31, dismantling PCs as they went.
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