A Skyrim username mistake sent a man to prison for over a year

For years, no one noticed a discrepancy in two usernames that referenced Bethesda's popular Elder Scrolls RPG

After spending 18 months in prison, a man named Brandon Klayme was finally declared innocent in late July by a court in Nova Scotia, Canada. Klayme was arrested in 2020 on child pornography charges and sentenced to prison in 2023 — and it all came down to a single underscore contained in a reference to The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim .