It became clearly expressed, falsifying your location is a major cheat. Third party software to help win is also prohibited. “Our goal is to provide a fair, fun and legitimate game experience for everyone. We will continue to work with all of you to improve the quality of the gameplay, including ongoing optimization and fine tuning of our anti-cheat system,” Niantic said. It’s not known how Niantic’s internal systems may be seeking out cheating behavior. An appeal process is however available for users who think they were banned by mistake and can prove this. And as a reassuring argument Niantic also promised “isn’t going after those who have found more creative ways to “walk” and hatch Pokemon eggs within the mobile app.”
