A lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco against the PlayerAuctions gaming marketplace may provide the answer to an important question for online gamers.

Roblox’s suit focuses on a “virtual currency” called “Robux” and other virtual assets earned by players of Roblox games when they are playing the games.

Police say a 37-year-old man groomed an Iowa teen he met on game platform Roblox, then drove her Tennessee, his home state, to sexually assault her.

A girl was rescued after being kidnapped by a man she met on Roblox. (KCRA/KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE/CNN/CNN Newsource) ...

The 31-year-old airman was charged with coercing a 9-year-old girl to share sexually explicit images of herself, after he posed as a 13-year-old on the gaming site Roblox.

Louisiana AG Liz Murrill has filed a lawsuit against Roblox, accusing the gaming platform of enabling child exploitation and failing to protect young users.