Woman Sentenced to 2 Yrs for Selling Counterfeit Business Software
On August 15, 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that Jacinda Jones, of Michigan, has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling $441,035 worth of counterfeit computer software after an investigation by the IPR Center. According to…
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court documents, Jones sold more than 7,000 copies of pirated business software at discounted prices through the website cheapdl.com. The software had a retail value of more than $2 million and was owned by several companies, including Microsoft, Adobe, Intuit and Symantec.