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9th Aug 2008, 05:06 PM #1OPMember
eBay Software Pirate Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison
Sentencing of Jeremiah Mondello to Federal Prison Highlights High-Stakes Battle
Over Sales of Pirated Software via Online Auction Sites
Washington, D.C. ? July 23, 2008 ? The increasingly high-stakes fight to stop the sale of pirated software
on Internet auction sites reached a new milestone today with the sentencing of Jeremiah Mondello to 48
months in federal prison, three years supervised release following jail time, and 150 hours of community
service per year. Further, Mondello?s personal computers and 220K in cash were seized as part of the
sentencing mandates.
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), which initiated the action against the notorious
eBay pirate, also announced six new lawsuits against sellers of illegal software on auction sites.
With the new cases announced today, SIIA has filed 32 lawsuits in 2008 as part of its ramped-up effort to
stop the illegal sale of software online. Through its aggressive Auction Litigation Program, SIIA filed nine
lawsuits in February, eight in March, nine in May and six today. Each of the new suits was filed in the US
District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of SIIA member company Adobe Systems
Incorporated.
?Mondello is a whiz-kid who used his smarts and savvy to rip off software makers and consumers,? noted
Keith Kupferschmid, SVP of Intellectual Property Policy & Enforcement for SIIA. ?We are fortunate that
he has been stopped, but there are hundreds more like him running illegal operations on eBay and other
sites. The Mondello case demonstrates that these pirates won?t simply get a slap on the wrist when
caught ? they very well may end up doing serious time in federal prison.?
?We applaud the DOJ and DHS for their work in bringing Mondello to justice. They did an outstanding job
of tracking down Mondello and bringing him to justice. Their action is an important step in protecting
unsuspecting consumers, software makers and legitimate software sellers,? Kupferschmid added.
SIIA was responsible for providing the DOJ with information that led to Mondello, a resident of Oregon,
pleading guilty in May to counts of copyright infringement, mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. SIIA
began investigating Mondello in 2007 and later turned the case over to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cyber Crime
Center. Mondello used stolen bank account information to create more than 40 fictitious eBay and
PayPal identities to sell pirated software via the auction site. His fraudulent sales amounted to a five to six
figure sales volume.
?We?ve been much more aggressive in filing lawsuits this year and intend to send a clear message that
auctioning counterfeit and unauthorized software will lead to serious penalties,? Kupferschmid continued.
Today?s six new lawsuits will be followed by even more as the year goes on.?
The most recent lawsuits charged all of the following with knowingly selling software illegally on eBay:
Nathanael S. Landsteiner, Fairmont, MN; John Hoyle and Gail La Fortune, Senoia, GA; Gennadiy Barbin,
Boise, ID; Tamara Irby, Nathalie, VA; Trisha Carter/Maggie Grace Designs; Denham Springs, LA; and,
Andreh Lee, Elmhurst, NY.
To date, the SIIA program has led to judgments and settlements against illegal eBay sellers as well as
sellers on other websites dealing in counterfeit, OEM, unbundled, unauthorized education, and other
versions of software not authorized for Internet resale. Damages paid by defendants have run as high as
several hundred thousand dollars. SIIA also has successfully tracked and pursued the upstream sources
of some of these products, and will continue to do so.
The SIIA Auction Litigation Program aims to educate buyers and sellers on auction sites as to the harms
caused all parties by illegal software resale. Sellers can be prosecuted and buyers can be faced with
viruses, no technical support and no recourse. In addition to the auction piracy lawsuits, SIIA has also
sought to protect legitimate sellers and unsuspecting buyers by publishing software buying guides for
auction sites, and implementing a certification program for software sellers (Certified Software Resellers)
to help steer consumers of auctioned software to sellers who have promised to sell only legal software.Ak47 Reviewed by Ak47 on . eBay Software Pirate Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison Sentencing of Jeremiah Mondello to Federal Prison Highlights High-Stakes Battle Over Sales of Pirated Software via Online Auction Sites Washington, D.C. ? July 23, 2008 ? The increasingly high-stakes fight to stop the sale of pirated software on Internet auction sites reached a new milestone today with the sentencing of Jeremiah Mondello to 48 months in federal prison, three years supervised release following jail time, and 150 hours of community service per year. Further, Mondello?s Rating: 5
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10th Aug 2008, 02:57 AM #2Member
Why the hell would you sell warez software that makes me sick
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10th Aug 2008, 09:14 PM #3OPMember
dnno lol..
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11th Aug 2008, 01:08 AM #4Member
It's the price of profiting from warez... everyone who does will probably face the same fate eventually.
Hope not.
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16th Aug 2008, 11:32 AM #5Member
where did u got that ?
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16th Aug 2008, 11:39 AM #6BannedWebsite's:
warezscene.org forum.warezscene.orgSelling warez on eBay.
His intelligence outstands me.
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16th Aug 2008, 01:03 PM #7Respected Developer
How stupid can he get.
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16th Aug 2008, 07:07 PM #8Member
brains........
or is that lack of?Respected and Trusted People: UltimA - Dman - Ak47 - Whoo - CyberDeViLZ - HaxoR - jayfella - jjj - HAWK = <3
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17th Aug 2008, 11:41 AM #9Member
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24th Aug 2008, 03:30 AM #10Member
I think that's pretty stupid to sell pirated software, then on top of that sell it on ebay where everything is pretty much logged and recorded.
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