It was actually corporate theft (insert boring legal stuff here) - you don't own the staff account or furniture on said account, the company do. She was stealing from the hotel by abusing her position as Hotel Manager: she had permission to distribute furniture legitimately (as in, for competitions, etc.) but was not granted permission to send rares to her alternative accounts and give them out around the hotel (amongst other things - she was apparently selling them on ebay, or otherwise aiding and abetting those who were, to do so?) and whilst it depends on the facts of the case, I think Sulake could have justified, in an employment tribunal, her being dismissed for gross misconduct (you usually don't get severance/redundancy pay for that, but it depends on the terms of your contract).
Rebecca was Director of Community at the time, overseeing all hotels and being in charge of the community operations team (moderation and safety) or something; I don't know the exact specifics of her role. I think Hotel Managers may have reported indirectly to her at the time, but I'm not entirely sure. I am aware they had scambusters tools, etc. but Rebecca said they had to set up an investigation - for whatever reason, they were unable to simply use the furniture tracking tools to see who was doing what?
Sulake were, and are, entitled to do whatever they please with the furniture and the avatars - indeed, every part of the Habbo brand/assets. It is their intellectual property and you merely rent it (and space on their servers) when you 'own' it. They could, if they so chose to do so, delete everyone's furniture and there would be no legal recourse (assuming a court agreed with Sulake's Terms and Conditions - specifically, the section governing ownership of assets) for users to undertake.







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They could of taken away that furniture, they just didn't because it would only be seen as punishing the Habbo(s) who received the items off her. They couldn't punish Callie because, as you said, she was under contract and to save money they might as well wait for her contract to come to an end then kick her out.


