Lawsuit: In Session RaiTheGuy v. lukeyyyMC_ [2025] FCR 30

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Case Filing


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
CIVIL ACTION


RaiTheGuy (represented by Justice Compass Law Firm)
Plaintiff

v.

lukeyyyMC_
Defendant

COMPLAINT
The Plaintiff complains against the Defendant as follows:

On March 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM MST, the defendant posted an auction on the marketplace titled “Filthy Rich Mystery Box”. The starting bid was $50,000. The plaintiff won the auction for a price of $65,100. Upon payment and acceptance of the mystery box, the plaintiff was absolutely crushed. The items within had a value far less than the starting bid. Even now, some of the items within the box have not had any transactions in two years, making them worthless. The defendant’s response was simple: mystery boxes are a form of gambling so it does not matter what was in the box. The plaintiff felt robbed. Lukeyyy_MC has made a living off of scamming citizens of Redmont with the hope of winning big in his Mystery Box scheme. The plaintiff had no way of knowing what the contents of the box was or what their value could be. The defendant never posted any method to his madness on the starting bid, and in doing so violated the law. Lukeyyy_MC’s disregard for the law and his fellow neighbors has caused RaiTheGuy and countless others to feel powerless and in a significantly worse spot than they were before their interactions with the defendant.
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I. PARTIES​

1. RaiTheGuy (Plaintiff)
2. lukeyyyMC_ (Defendant)

II. FACTS​

1. LukeyyyMC_ posted the Filthy Rich Mystery Box for auction for a starting bid of $50,000. (P-001)
2. The items listed in P-002 are the items that were a part of the mystery box.
2. RaiTheGuy wins the auction for a price of $65,100. (P-005)
3. RaiTheGuy paid for and received the mystery box from LukeyyyMC_. (P-006)
4. The defendant states that mystery boxes are a form of gambling. (P-003)
5. According to the Consumer Price Index published by the Department of Commerce, the approximate value of the box between 2024 and 2025 is $764.34 (P-002).
6. Some items in the mystery box have no record in the CPI in 2024 and 2025 (P-002, P-007 through P-010).

III. CLAIMS FOR RELIEF​

1. As the defendant is running a gambling or gaming activity, he is in violation of the Commercial Standards Act, Section 15, requiring gaming institutions to display the odds of gaming activities in a visible area adjacent to the activity. Nowhere in the auction description does it state anything close to the odds of the mystery box being worth at least the starting bid set by the defendant.

2. In addition to Section 15, the defendant is also in violation of Section 6 of the Commercial Standards Act. Fraud, per the law, is to intentionally misrepresent or omit important facts to a victim who relies on this misrepresentation. The title of the auction being “Filthy Rich Mystery Box” gives the claim that by being the winner, you will come into items that make you “filthy rich”. This is different from other mystery boxes that the defendant has put up for auction, which includes titles such as “Soldier Mystery Box”, “Art Mystery Box”, “Best Mystery Box EVER Made”, among others. The consumer relies on these titles to have a glimpse on the contents of each box and to make a determination on if they will participate in the auction.

3. The defendant is also in violation of Section 8 of the Commercial Standards Act. These items on their own face value per the CPI provided in evidence suggest that the contents would be valued at $764.34, and the auction itself started at $50,000, a 6,441.59% markup. The winning bid amount by the plaintiff caused a 8,417.15% markup in value. Market Manipulation is the act of fraudulently inflating the value of an asset of which you have responsibility for. The defendant was able to manipulate the market of each of these items by lumping them together and calling it a mystery of what is inside, either knowingly or recklessly causing the markup.

IV. PRAYER FOR RELIEF​

The Plaintiff seeks the following from the Defendant:
1. $65,100 in Compensatory Damages - Restoration of price paid for mystery box.
2. $30,000 in Punitive Damages - For the outrageous practice of not posting gaming odds, posting a fraudulent auction, and leading in market manipulation.
3. $28,530 in Legal Fees - 30% of the total monetary damages.
4. Lukeyyy_MC issues a public apology for defrauding consumers in the #economic channel of the DemocracyCraft Discord server.

Witness List:​

lukeyyyMC_ - Auctioneer and Defendant

Evidence:​

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CPI Matching Link
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February 2025 CPI Link
January 2025 CPI Link
December 2024 CPI Link
February 2024 CPI Link


By making this submission, I agree I understand the penalties of lying in court and the fact that I am subject to perjury should I knowingly make a false statement in court. Any requests about my qualifications can be verified by the Department of Education.

DATED: This 26 day of March 2025.

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Writ of Summons

@lukeyyy11 is required to appear before the Federal Court in the case of RaiTheGuy v. lukeyyyMC_

Failure to appear within 72 hours of this summons will result in a default judgement based on the known facts of the case.

Both parties should make themselves aware of the Court Rules and Procedures, including the option of an in-game trial should both parties request one.

 
Present, Your Honor. Dragon Law Representing.

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The Defence has 48 hours to submit their answer to complaint.
 

Answer to Complaint


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
ANSWER TO COMPLAINT

RaiTheGuy
Plaintiff

v.

lukeyyyMC_
Defendant


I. ANSWER TO COMPLAINT​

  1. The defense AFFIRMS that “LuckeyyyMC_ posted the Filthy Rich Mystery Box for auction for a starting bid of $50,000. (P-001).
  2. The defense NEITHER AFFIRMS NOR DENIES that “The items listed in P-002 are the items that were a part of the mystery box.”
  3. The defense AFFIRMS that “RaiTheGuy wins the auction for a price of $65,100”
  4. The defense AFFIRMS that “RaiTheGuy paid for and received the mystery box from LukeyyyMC_”
  5. The defense AFFIRMS that “The defendant states that mystery boxes are a form of gambling”
  6. The defense DENIES that “According to the Consumer Price Index published by the Department of Commerce, the approximate value of the box between 2024 and 2025 is $764.34”
  7. The defense NEITHER AFFIRMS NOR DENIES that “Some items in the mystery box have no record in the CPI in 2024 and 2025 (P-002, P-007 through P-010).”


II. DEFENSES
  1. The Defendant was not selling the mystery box as part of a gambling or gaming institution, but as an independent seller. As such, he is not required by law to publish odds under section 15 of the Commercial Standards Act.
  2. ‘Mystery Box’ sellers would be completely unable to provide odds as many items have no CPI record in 2024 and 2025, as was asserted by the Plaintiff. The Defendant and other sellers cannot be held responsible for being unable to properly gauge items value without a consistent market, as opposed to a gambling institution that deals in monetary transactions.
  3. The Commonwealth published CPI reports only covering items sold in in-game sell shops. Contrary to the Plaintiff’s assertion, this does not mean that items not listed have no value at all, but that they merely don’t have a specific market due to an unviability in those items being sold in chest shops.
  4. Collectors (or generally rare) Items don’t inherently have a monetary value, as it is entirely subjective on what people are willing to pay to add something to their ‘collection’. These could be sold for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars with the possibility that a similar opportunity will never be presented again due to the exclusivity of the items.
  5. “Filthy Rich” is a descriptor, not an indicator of the box’s contents. The title does not promise wealth, it advertises the nature of the auction itself as it was meant for high-stakes bidders willing to take a risk of $50,000 or more. This is in line with other titles used by the defendant, such as ‘Best Mystery Box EVER Made’, in which no reasonable bidder would assume guaranteed value, as a ‘Mystery Box’ is ultimately a gamble.
  6. As seen in D-001, the Defendant had his starting bid lowered by the Department of Commerce, which is definitive proof that a $50,000 starting bid was completely legal and not an overinflation of the goods inside, according to those charged with regulating the market. The Plaintiff chose to gamble, and not only to gamble for the set price, but to add an extra $15,100 unprompted and then blame it on the Defendant, accusing him of market manipulation.

III. EVIDENCE
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By making this submission, I agree I understand the penalties of lying in court and the fact that I am subject to perjury should I knowingly make a false statement in court.

DATED: April 3rd, 2025.

 
The court hereby enters the discovery period for 72 hours, which may be extended upon agreement from both parties.
 
Witnesses:
1. RaiTheGuy
2. lukeyyyMC_
3. DarnichoRixn (Bardiya_King)
 
Your honor, we have nothing else to submit and are ready to end discovery.
 
Discovery is now closed. The Plaintiff has 72 hours to submit their opening statement.
 

Opening Statement


IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
OPENING STATEMENT

Introduction​

Your honor, LukeyyyMC_ engaged in violations of the Commercial Standards Act by posting the “Filthy Rich Mystery Box”, and by his own comments, started a gaming activity; misrepresented the contents of the auction; and market manipulation.

On the Defenses​

1. By creating the mystery box the Defendant acted as a 1 person gambling or gaming institution. As the Commercial Standards Act does not define what is a Gaming Institution, we look to the Oxford Dictionary:
  • Gaming - the action or practice of playing gambling games.
  • Gambling - play games of chance for money; bet.
  • Institution - a well-established and familiar person, custom, or object.
A Gaming Institution can be defined - when combining the definitions - A well-established and familiar person who creates or plays gambling games.

By the Defendant’s constant listing of these mystery boxes, he has become well-established and familiar. Additionally, to suggest that a person cannot take the form of an institution in practice is not logical. A one-person institution or sole-proprietor can, should, and does exist. The defendant had a duty and obligation to post the odds that the mystery box was valued at the initial auction price.

2-4. To suggest that sellers have no idea of an item’s value is unfounded. Items within the CPI give context to what the items’ value is. Additionally, the sellers must have some idea of what the value of their items are as they are able to put an initial price-tag on these items. The defense's claim here suggests that fraud could be even more prevalent as the $50,000 initial auction price came out of thin air or some magician’s hat without any logic put into it.

Collectible (or generally rare) items are able to be sought after on a single transaction basis outside of the CPI if needed, however a mystery box transaction where the buyer cannot view the items beforehand eliminates whatever value the supposedly collectible/rare items may have had; this is because the collectible item's value comes from the collector seeking it out, and someone who is not a collector would not value the item highly at all. Regardless, the Defendant knows the items in this mystery box were not highly valued at all, as if they were, he would assuredly auction off the item itself, not put it in a mystery box. Furthermore, what constitutes a rare item? Netherite ingots are hard to come by, but does this make them rare? Even the nature of an item's limited cycle in the market does not constitute it being rare. The CPI has no mention of Oak Fences between March 2024 and Today, does this mean it is rare or collectible? Should Oak Fences be considered expensive, collectible items? This would suggest that someone could put any price on a mystery box because of 1 “rare” item mixed in with items that are worthless.

5. The defense points to an idea that the title is a descriptor. But a descriptor of what? The box being auctioned. The defense is claiming that the descriptor does not go to the box itself, but to the potential bidders. To point to the defense's own comments of a similar mystery box titled “Best Mystery Box EVER Made”, are we to believe that the title here suggests that it is describing the bidders of the auction as the “Best Mystery Box EVER Made”? Of course not. Titles describe the item being sold, not the bidders it wishes to bring in.

6. The Defendant chose to price the mystery box, not the DOC. The Plaintiff did decide to gamble, but only because the title and the starting bid of the auction - without any odds that the value of the initial bid is worth the items within - manipulated him into thinking it was something of value, which it was not.

 
The Defence has 72 hours to submit their opening statement.
 
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