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.
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