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Operator Of Software Piracy Website Caused Up To $20 Million in Losses to Software Industry

WASHINGTON—The owner of a massive for-profit software piracy Web site pleaded guilty in federal court, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced today.

Danny Ferrer, 37, of Lakeland, Fla., pleaded guilty in Alexandria, Va. before U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III to one count of conspiracy and one count of criminal copyright infringement for selling pirated software through the mail. Ferrer, who is scheduled to be sentenced on August 25, 2006 at 9:00 A.M., could receive a maximum sentence of ten years in prison and a $500,000 fine. Ferrer also agreed to forfeit numerous airplanes, a helicopter, boats and cars, which he had purchased with the profits from his illegal enterprise, including: a Cessna 152; a Cessna 172RG; a Model TS-11 ISKRA aircraft; a RotorWay International helicopter; a 1992 Lamborghini; a 2005 Hummer; a 2002 Chevrolet Corvette; two 2005 Chevrolet Corvettes; a 2005 Li

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