Seller of Counterfeit Video Games Gets 30 Months

[wraggster]

The FBI reported this week that Qiang 'Michael' Bi, of Powell, Ohio was sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling more than 35,000 illegally copied computer games over the Internet between 2005 and 2009. According to a statement of facts read during Bi's plea hearing, agents executed a search warrant at Bi's house and found multiple CD duplicators and more than 1,000 printed counterfeit CDs. Some of the CDs were still in the duplicator. During their investigation, agents learned that Bi would buy a single copy of a game, illegally duplicate it and sell the copies on eBay.com and Amazon.com. He also set up a website for customers to download the games they bought. Bi accepted payment through eBay and PayPal accounts in his name and in others' names.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/12/31/0528237/Seller-of-Counterfeit-Video-Games-Gets-30-Months

[Wolfdawg]

only a noob would buy these games
those edited pokemon games are still selling on ebay (like Chaos and Sea Blue)
god damn! the people selling these didn't even edit the ROM's themselves

[Shrygue]

Hah, I actually bought the Shiny Gold version which is just a hack of the Fire Red pokemon about 2 years or so. I wasn't aware if that though until I looked up info online, I just bought it on impulse off ebay for about £5. Not too bad I think but I wouldn't risk transferring caught Pokemon to my other official versions though.