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Eleven people from across the US were indicted on Wednesday over alleged software piracy offences following the largest seizure of counterfeit Microsoft software to date.
FBI officers seized $80m worth of pirate Microsoft software in series of raids last month following a two-year investigation into a US-wide software piracy ring. Pirated Adobe and Symantec software worth an estimated $7m was also recovered during ‘Operation Digital Marauder' which involved the execution of three search warrants and the arrest of 11 individuals in California, Washington and Texas.
The suspects were allegedly responsible for a wide variety of software piracy operations, including unauthorised media replication, printing of counterfeit documentation and distribution of counterfeit software. Pirated copies of packages including Microsoft Office, Windows Server and SQL Server were allegedly produced on an industrial scale by the gang.
FBI officers seized $80m worth of pirate Microsoft software in series of raids last month following a two-year investigation into a US-wide software piracy ring. Pirated Adobe and Symantec software worth an estimated $7m was also recovered during ‘Operation Digital Marauder' which involved the execution of three search warrants and the arrest of 11 individuals in California, Washington and Texas.
The suspects were allegedly responsible for a wide variety of software piracy operations, including unauthorised media replication, printing of counterfeit documentation and distribution of counterfeit software. Pirated copies of packages including Microsoft Office, Windows Server and SQL Server were allegedly produced on an industrial scale by the gang.
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