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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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October 27, 2009
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Crime
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Man arrested for software piracy

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Customs & Excise Department

Customs officers have arrested an 18-year-old man for selling infringing computer software products online, seizing two computers.

 

Officers found messages in an online forum on the sale of illicit software for $300. The software would be uploaded to the forum for the customer to download upon receipt of payment.

 

An officer posed as a customer and contacted the suspect and deposited the money into a bank account. After downloading the software yesterday morning and confirming it was a right-infringing version, officers arrested the man at his Ma On Shan home. He has been released on $1,000 bail.

 

Call 2545 6182 to report software piracy.