Overview

• Epic Games filed the case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against Idris Nahdi and Ayob Nasser.
• The complaint alleges more than 20,000 automated accounts were used between December 2024 and February 2025 to simulate play on the defendants’ islands.
• Epic says 88% to 99% of the recorded engagement on the targeted maps was artificial and that the bots were run via a cloud gaming service.
• After Epic began withholding engagement-based payments in January and February 2025, the company reports the suspicious activity dropped.
• Epic removed the islands, banned the accounts, and is seeking repayment plus an injunction barring the defendants and associates, including heirs and successors, from accessing Epic’s services.