A prison term for selling conterfeit software
A 46-year-old Gregory William Fair of Falls Church, Virginia, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for selling counterfeit software using eBay auction system. In addition to this, Fair will have to pay $743,098 in restitution. Fair also forfeited $144,000 seized from a safety deposit box and residence, a Mercedes CL600, a Hummer H2, a BMW 525i and a 1969 Pontiac GTO as all the cars were purchased with funds from this counterfeit software operation as stated by the U.S. Department of Justice . Combined retail value of all the software Fair sold between 2001 and 2007 is more than $1 million. The case is part of the DOJ’s effort to combat pirated software and counterfeit goods sales through commercial Web sites and online auction sites.