EBay seller pleaded guilty to software piracy charges

                   
cdrinfo.com     May 16, 2008            

He created more than 40 fake seller IDs and PayPal accounts after capturing people's bank account information through a keystroke logger. A 23-year-old Oregon man has pleaded guilty to charges that he used identity theft to set up bogus accounts on eBay, where he sold counterfeit software with a... [read full story]                    

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Banner Day in Auction Software Piracy Fight: SIIA Announces 26th Lawsuit of '08 and Guilty Plea...

prnewswire.com     May 15, 2008          

Banner Day in Auction Software Piracy Fight: SIIA Announces 26th Lawsuit of '08 and Guilty Plea Entered in Auction Site Piracy Criminal Case SIIA's Auction Litigation Program Provided Lead to Justice Department, Resulting in Criminal Prosecution of Jeremiah Mondello, a Notorious eBay Software...                    

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eBay Seller Faces 20-Year Sentence For Software Piracy

informationweek.com     May 15, 2008          

Investigators believe he created more than 40 fake seller IDs and PayPal accounts after capturing people's bank account information through a keystroke logger. By K.C. Jones InformationWeek An eBay seller accused of creating more than 40 fake IDs on the auction Web site could spend 20 years in...                    

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SIIA Testifies Before Texas Legislature on Digital Piracy

prnewswire.com     May 15, 2008          

Highlights the extent of the problem and emphasizes the role of education and government as "good citizen" AUSTIN, Texas, May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, before the Texas House Committee on Business & Industry Affairs, Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) General Counsel &...                    

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Software counterfeiter pleads guilty to selling $1M of fake programs

networkworld.com     May 15, 2008          

Identity theft, mail fraud and selling counterfeit software netted an Oregon man $1 million. Now it could net him 27 years in prison and $500, 000 in fines according to the Department of Justice. Jeremiah Mondello, 23, of Eugene, Ore., pleaded guilty to one count each of criminal copyright...                    

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eBay Seller Faces 20-Year Sentence For Software Piracy

tmcnet.com     May 16, 2008          

An eBay seller accused of creating more than 40 fake IDs on the auction Web site could spend 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to the sale of pirated software. The Software & Information Industry Association announced the guilty plea Thursday, while also filing nine new...                    

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MIKE WENDLAND: e-Bay software pirates busted

freep.com     May 16, 2008          

The software police are showing no signs in letting up in their uphill fight against software pirates who peddle stolen wares to unsuspecting buyers on auction sites like eBay. Nine more lawsuits have been filed this week - one of them against a Michigan man - in an ongoing crackdown that began...                    

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MIKE WENDLAND: eBay software pirates busted

freep.com     May 16, 2008          

The software police are showing no signs in letting up in their uphill fight against software pirates who peddle stolen wares to unsuspecting buyers on auction sites like eBay. Nine more lawsuits have been filed this week -- one of them against a Michigan man -- in an ongoing crackdown that began...                    

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