Article: VIC: More than 1,300 caught in computer software scam: police

Article: Woman in Software Scam Sentenced
AP Online;  November 23, 2002 ;     432 words ...00-00-0000 LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A woman described as a major player in a worldwide computer software piracy organization was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday and ordered to pay $11 million in restitution to software giants ...

Article: Woman to Pay $11M in Software Scam
AP Online;  November 23, 2002 ;     433 words ...00-00-0000 LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A woman described as a major player in a worldwide computer software piracy organization was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $11 million in restitution to software giants Microsoft ...

Article: Nine officials go in wake of software scam, NATION
The Nation (Thailand);  April 30, 1999 ;     442 words ... ... Nation (Thailand) 04-30-1999 OF 13 senior Education Ministry officials involved in a multi-billion- baht computer software scandal two years ago, seven have been dismissed and another two terminated from service, permanent secretary ...

Article: Online bootleg software scam. (News and Products).
Software World;  September 1, 2001 ;     423 words ...BitArts have called on the UK government to launch an inquiry into software theft in the UK after it demonstrated that online software retailer are allowing multiple copies of software to be run by their customers who only purchase a single license. BitArts has not yet found any retailer online

Article: Woman sentenced in software scam
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  May 21, 2009 ;     417 words ...MADISON, Wis. - A Dubuque woman who made $85,000 selling hundreds of copies of pirated software over the Internet in 2003 was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Madison to six months in prison. Kelly Garcia, 39, formerly of Boscobel, Wis., acquired unauthorized copies of 100 different software

Article: America Online pulls plug on software scam
The Boston Globe;  February 3, 1995 ;     487 words ...Only weeks after suspending members who allegedly swapped child pornography on its system, America Online Inc. says it has terminated the accounts of several people who were trading pirated software over the computer service. Jean Villanueva, an AOL vice president, said the software traders

Article: 3 Convicted in Microsoft Software Scam
AP Online;  December 7, 2006 ;     339 words ...SAN JOSE, Calif. - Three people accused of scamming Microsoft Corp. by buying sharply discounted software intended for educational institutions and reselling it to nonacademic customers were convicted on conspiracy and fraud charges, federal prosecutors said. Mirza Ali, 59, and his wife, Sameena