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Game studio’s fired CEO hijacked its domain, listed it for $6,666,666

Ellsworth Toohey
Jan 26, 2026
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[Update:] Mumbauer has since filed a sworn declaration in federal court (Case No. 2:26-cv-00542-MWC-AGR). He states that the company had already migrated to a .co domain years earlier, that no live product ran on the .com, and that he never demanded payment or conditioned transfer on it — calling the $6,666,666 listin…

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