Epic Games issued a lifetime ban to a professional player who shared his account with another player to enter the Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS).

Epic Games has established that it will not accept cheating in its Fortnite game by taking legal action against Morgan Bamford, aka RepulseGod. 

Cheating is never a winning strat.

We took legal action against a player who shared their account to unfairly qualify for FNCS. Now they’re banned from Fortnite tournaments forever and their undeserved prize money was donated to charity.

Here’s their message to the Fortnite…

— Fortnite Competitive (@FNCompetitive) February 17, 2025

Along with the lifetime ban from the Fortnite tournaments, Bamford received additional punishment by being forced to return all prize money he obtained from the Fortnite tournament.

According to Eurogamer, Epic Games’s funds retrieved from the accused went to Child’s Play Charity, which funds video games and technological equipment for children’s hospitals.

Bamford was also forced to issue a public apology through a YouTube video that the Fortnite Competitive official account posted on X to warn other cheaters.

He apologized to the Fortnite community by admitting that “cheating in tournaments ruins the fun for the players who earned their spot in tournaments.” He also promised never to cheat again in Fortnite.

Fortnite cheater has not revealed the amount he returned to Epic Games

Bamford shared details that he shared his account with a player named Forbes to qualify for the 2023 Fortnite Championship Series grand finals. The biggest championship tournament had a prize pool of $4 million.

Bamford provided no information about the amount of money he was required to return.

To reach the top player rank, Elon Musk also shared his Diablo 4 account. However, he remains unapologetic without any serious consequences. 

Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 2 will be released this Friday, February 21. The upcoming Lawless season of Fortnite will include Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat as one of many battle-pass skins.

Several reports suggest that a Fast & Furious collaboration may be in development for Fortnite.

Also, reports suggest that Fortnite has achieved important development milestones in a project partnered with Disney. This project involves a $1.5 billion investment in Epic Games made by Disney last year.

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Ben Chow, co-founder of DeFi and meme coin platform Meteora, resigned on Monday after being accused of financial misconduct and insider trading tied to the controversial LIBRA meme coin.

This development came after growing concerns over his involvement in the project.

Chow Denies Involvement in Controversy

Meow, the pseudonymous co-founder of Jupiter, a decentralized exchange on Solana, as well as Meteora, announced Chow’s resignation on X. He expressed confidence in his partner’s character but cited his recent lack of judgment regarding their company’s core operations as the reason for his departure.

“While I am 100% confident about Ben’s character, as a project lead he has also shown a lack of judgement and care about some of the core aspects of the project,” Meow wrote. “And this is unfortunately unacceptable. Ben understands this, and has chosen to resign,” he added.

Meow also revealed plans to find new leadership for Meteora and to hire an independent firm, Fenwick & West, to conduct an investigation and issue a report regarding the situation.

The LIBRA meme coin gained attention after Argentine President Javier Milei promoted it, causing its value to surge above $4. However, the price later dropped dramatically to under $0.5 after Milei deleted his post.

Its decline caused rumors of a rug pull, with accusations of market manipulation emerging. Reports claimed that insiders had cashed out over $100 million while regular buyers suffered substantial losses.

In a separate statement on X, Chow denied any personal involvement in the LIBRA project. He clarified that neither he nor the Meteora team had received any insider knowledge or tokens related to it.

“Neither I nor the Meteora team compromised the LIBRA launch by leaking information, nor did we purchase, receive, or manage any tokens,” he said.

Alleged Video Evidence

Amidst the rumors, a video surfaced online featuring an alleged conversation between Chow and Dhirk, the founder of DefiTuna.

In the video, Dhirk claims to have witnessed Hayden Davis, a key figure in the whole LIBRA debacle, and members of his company, Kelsier Ventures, engaging in insider trading during a trip to Barcelona.

The Meteora co-founder is seen denying any involvement in misconduct, expressing surprise and concern. At one point, he also says he regrets recommending Davis to other meme initiatives like MELANIA.

“I feel so sick because I gave him Melania,” Chow said. “I f****d up because I enabled the guy that should not have been enabled … I’m going to have to step down, I’m going to have to quit,” declared the distraught executive.

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