Boy runs-up £1,000 bill buying virtual doughnuts on iPad Theo Rowland-Fry, from Bristol, spent £980 playing Tapped Out, an iPad game based on The Simpsons television series, on the family iPad. Theo's dad, Nick, said he and his wife, Lisa, only realised there was a problem when they discovered their bank account was empty. The family have since had the money refunded by Apple, which says it considers such incidents on a case-by-case basis. The case is one of several that have been highlighted recently. Earlier this month it was reported that a five-year-old boy had bought £1,700 worth of virtual goods in just 10 minutes. Danny Kitchen asked for the passcode for the device so that he could download a game, Zombie v Ninja, from the Apple store. But after downloading the free app Danny found his way into the game's online store and innocently ordered dozens of costly add-ons - totalling £1,710.43. Apple recently agreed to settle a US lawsuit after five sets of parents said their children had spent money on virtual goods.