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Monday, November 19, 2012

Baltimore Man Pleads Guilty in $4M Software Piracy Case

Naveed Sheikh could face up to five years in federal prison.

A Baltimore man faces up to five years in federal prison and millions of dollars in fines after pleading guilty Monday to distributing 1,000 copyrighted software programs, federal officials announced. In the plea agreement, Naveed Sheikh admitted conspiring to distribute more than 1,000 copies of software like Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Quicken and various operating systems using several websites, server space in Scranton, PA and at a Bel Air home between February 2003 and April 2008. Sheikh allowed purchasers to either download the software or have it shipped to them. Sheikh informed customers that the software had been "cracked"—illegally circumventing copy protection, according to prosecutors. He accepted payments via a P.O. box …

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Friday, June 29, 2012

Prosecutors Say Man Used Towson Mailbox in Piracy Scheme

A federal grand jury indicted a Baltimore man on conspiracy and copyright infringement charges, authorities said.

A federal grand jury indicted a Baltimore man on Thursday on charges he reproduced and distributed more than $4 million in pirated computer software. Naveed Sheikh, 30, could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted on charges of conspiracy and three counts of copyright infringement, authorities said. Sheikh was arrested in February at Washington Dulles International Airport on a charge of advertising and selling pirated software. Federal prosecutors said they are also seeking forfeiture of $4 million in assets. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland, no court date has been set for Sheikh. The federal indictment alleges that Sheikh used a Towson post office box and computers in Bel …

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Baltimore-Area Man Arrested in Federal Infringement Case

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2:07 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012

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