Swatting Incident Results in Three Years of Community Service for Rainbow Six Siege Player

A 22-year-old Rainbow Six Siege player, Yanni Ouahioune, has been sentenced to three years of community service for his involvement in a swatting incident at the Ubisoft Montreal offices in November 2020. Swatting is a dangerous crime that involves making prank calls to emergency services in order to provoke a response by armed officers. The consequences of swatting can be deadly.

According to the Montreal Gazette, Ouahioune will also be required to compensate the victims, undergo treatment for a mental health problem, and participate in work or training programs as part of his sentence.

In the incident, Ouahioune made a false claim that hostages were being held at the Ubisoft Montreal office, resulting in the evacuation of the building and the dispatch of armed officers. It was later revealed that Ouahioune had swatted the office because he had been banned from Rainbow Six Siege.

La Presse reports that Ouahioune reached out to them to request that his Siege account be reinstated. He claimed to have spent over $1,500 on in-game cosmetics and asked the publication to help him appeal to Ubisoft.

In response to the incident, a spokesperson from Ubisoft issued a statement to Polygon, stating, “In this trial, we were committed to representing the interests of our employees who were affected by this false hostage-taking alert at our Montreal studio.” The spokesperson also commented that Ubisoft will refrain from further commenting on the event out of respect for its employees.

The swatting incident and its consequences highlight the serious nature of these crimes and the need for both legal action and improved measures to prevent future incidents.

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