Tuesday, 26. June 2007
Topic: e-bay - on June 26, 2007 at 1:39:00 PM CEST
eBay pirates plead guilty to selling $6m software for pennies
Two Americans pleaded guilty today to selling $6m worth of counterfeit software over eBay.
In 2003 and 2004 Robert Koster of Jonesboro, Arkansas auctioned more than $5m worth of counterfeit factory management software from Rockwell Automation, for a personal profit of $23,000. Also in 2003 and 2004 Yutaka Yamamoto of Pico Rivera, California auctioned $543,000 worth of Rockwell Automation software on eBay for a net gain of $6,000. Once again, eBay lives up to its reputation as a great place to get a bargain
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