Author Topic: Bohemia developers Ivan Buchta, Martin Pezlar denied bail, detained in Greece  (Read 1519 times)

It's been 70 days.

After posting bail money, Buchta and Pezlar remain detained in a Greek prison. At this rate, they could be charged guilty and face up to 20 years of jail time.

If you cannot recall, the two Bohemia developers working on ArmA III were detained by Greek police after they were seen photographing military encampments in the city of Limnos. The pair deny such acts, though they seem warranted seeing as how they're working on a military simulator. Still, Bohemia commented at the time that their rendering of Limnos was nearly completed and did not require any further reference materials.

In my opinion, their chances of being acquitted at the moment are extremely slim. The mere fact they're being held without credible evidence is oppressive enough.

so does this delay the production of arma III or what

Sucks for them I guess, though they were technically committing espionage.

Sucks for them I guess, though they were technically committing espionage.
>ON VACATION
>TECHNICALLY ESPIONAGE
>LOGIC

>ON VACATION
>TECHNICALLY ESPIONAGE
>LOGIC
they had pictures of military bases. stop being a handicap at every opportunity.

without credible evidence is oppressive enough.
idk the evidence seems pretty credible lol

though they seem warranted seeing as how they're working on a military simulator
"no guys, it's ok that I'm robbing this store, I'm making a robbery simulator!"


"no guys, it's ok that I'm robbing this store, I'm making a robbery simulator!"
kind of a bad brown townogy but i do agree that ops reason is silly. they knew what they were doing was illegal and if they didnt they would've asked to do it first.

Greece doesn't have any money at the moment, they probably lost the key to their cell and can't afford to get another one cut.

kind of a bad brown townogy but i do agree that ops reason is silly. they knew what they were doing was illegal and if they didnt they would've asked to do it first.
"...a store simulator, and I need to know how they react"
that seems more related

Who the hell would want to invade Greece anyway?  Turkey is probably laughing their ass off right now about the whole thing.

Who the hell would want to invade Greece anyway?  Turkey is probably laughing their ass off right now about the whole thing.
Turkey is just mad because it's covered in Grease, and there's a Hungary human waiting to eat it.

kind of a bad brown townogy but i do agree that ops reason is silly. they knew what they were doing was illegal and if they didnt they would've asked to do it first.

"no guys, it's ok that I'm robbing this store, I'm making a robbery simulator!"

I admit, I do word things awkwardly. What I meant is that it's understandable that they would be taking pictures of military assets if they were conducting research, but questionable due to the fact that development of that geographic region was nearly complete.

idk the evidence seems pretty credible lol

I don't find it to be credible. If they had evidence, they would at least provide it to prove that they the two are at fault. No photographs of the said military assets have been provided, no affidavit, nothing. I understand they are not required to release evidence publicly, but I would assume some form of information has been provided to their attorneys.

I can think a reason why they took a few pictures of a base, ego points. So when they got back they could be "Hey guys guess what I got a picture of".
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