Microsoft caught in South Korean fraud scandal

Broadband outfit Dacom claims that representatives from the Vole signed a deal last September.

Under the deal Dacom would get an exclusive deal to supply its super soaraway software, if the outfit plugged the use of authentic software in South Korean game rooms.

Dacom said it upheld its end of the deal and spent a small fortune trying to convince South Korean gamers to abandon the darkside of software piracy and join the forces of light.

But Microsoft had not been true to its word, claims Dacom, and other South Korean companies were also given the rights to flog its Voleware.

But the real kicker was that Dacom's business rivals had got a deal from Vole to sell software at a much cheaper price and they did not have to try and convince South Korea's spotty Herberts that they had to use legitimate software.

Dacom thinks that is just a bit unfair and has telephoned Inspector Knacker of the Seoul Yard claiming it has last more than 17 bn won in the deal. This is not as bad as it sounds, 963 won buys you one US dollar, but is still a fair bit of dosh.

Microsoft has not been doing much in the way of Seoul searching over the matter. In fact Voles are keeping deep in their burrows and refusing to come out to talk to the media about it.

There is no guarantee that the police will help Dacom in its Vole-bashing, but they have done so in similar cases before. µ

L'Inq
Forbes