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19 Charged In $6.5 Million Software Piracy Case
John Stith
Staff Writer
2006-02-03
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A federal grand jury in Chicago passed out indictments for 19 people charging those people ran an Internet piracy racket sitting on a cool $6.5 million worth of copyrighted movies, software and games.
The vile plot behind this piracy (AARRRR) scheme included illegally distributing copyright material over the Internet. These including games like "Tiger Wood PGA Tour 2005" and movies that include "The Aviator" and "The Incredibles."
The indictment charged 19 people from nine different states, Australia and Barbados after a sting operation in Chicago, Charlotte and San Jose.
The AP quote U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in a statement, "Online thieves who steal merchandise that companies work hard to produce and protect might think that cyberspace cloaks them in anonymity and makes them invulnerable to prosecution, but we have the ability to infiltrate their secret networks and hold them accountable for their criminal conduct."
Apparently, all the people indicted were members of a long running piracy (AARRRR!) ring organized back in the early 90s called "RISCISO." This group was a "warez" group, which is an underground organizations that use the Internet to distribute software.
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John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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