Final Guilty Plea Wraps Up Federal "Warez" Crackdown

The final defendant in a five-year-old nationwide piracy crackdown pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement Wednesday, admitting to his role in a so-called “warez” club responsible for tens of thousands of unauthorized copies of videogames, software and digital music files.

Defendant Greg Hurley of Orlando, Fla., isn’t likely to face time when sentenced later this spring. The 18 defendants sentenced so far under “Operation Safehaven” and “Operation Higher Education”–prosecuted in the U.S. District Court of Connecticut–have received probation, attorneys involved said.

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