Year 2005

• Six Defendants Plead Guilty in Internet Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud Conspiracy (November 17, 2005)
• Manhattan Man Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison for Sale of Over $1 Million in Pirated Goods Software (November 18, 2005)
• Ten Searches, Nine Arrests Made in Crackdown on Counterfeit Goods in the District of Columbia (November 10, 2005)
• Computer Virus Broker Arrested for Selling Armies of Infected Computers to Hackers and Spammers (November 3, 2005)
• Houston Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Identity Theft Charges, Says Justice Department (November 1, 2005)
• Four Massachusetts Residents Charged with Scheme to Sell More than 30,000 Counterfeit Luxury Goods (November 3, 2005)
• Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Announces Appointments to Intellectual Property Task Force (October 28, 2005)
• Three Indictments in Massive Music and Software Piracy Scheme: Individuals Charged with Infringing Over 325,000 CDs Containing Music and Software Largest CD Manufacturing Seizure in the United States According to Recording Industry (October 12, 2005)
• Valley Couple Charged with Criminal Copyright and Trademark Violations for Distributing Counterfeited Movies and Music (October 7, 2005)
• Texas Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Jail and Ordered to Pay $1.54 Million Dollars in Restitution for Illegally Selling Copyright Protected Software and Video Games Over the Internet (October 6, 2005)
• Second Guilty Plea in Connection with Operation Copycat: Defendant Admitted to Illegally Uploading Software, Music, Movies, and Games (October 3, 2005)
• Software Executive Admits to Conspiring to Misappropriate Chief Competitor's Trade Secrets (September 29, 2005)
• Eight Charged with Copyright Infringement for Distributing the Latest Star Wars Movie that was Stolen from Post-Production Firm Prior to Release (September 27, 2005)
• Operation Safehaven: Pennsylvania Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Software Piracy Charges (September 27, 2005)
• First Guilty Plea to New Federal Law Prohibiting Camcording Films in Movie Theaters (September 26, 2005)
• Massachusetts Teen Convicted for Hacking into Internet and Telephone Service Providers and Making Bomb Threats to High Schools in Massachusetts and Florida (September 8, 2005)
• Federal Jury Convicts Former Technology Manager of Computer Hacking Offense Defendant Found Guilty of Placing Computer "Time Bomb" On Employer's Network Following Employment Dispute (September 8, 2005)
• Federal Software Piracy Investigation Leads to Prosecution of Portland Man (September 8, 2005)
• Chip Design Engineer Pleads Guilty to Transporting Stolen Property of Silicon Valley Company to Taiwan (September 6, 2005)
• Silicon Valley Pair Sentenced to Year in Prison for Trafficking in Counterfeit Software (August 29, 2005)
• Creator and Four Users of Loverspy Spyware Program Indicted (August 26, 2005)
• Justice Department Announces Conviction of Florida Man Accused of Massive Data Theft from Acxiom, Inc. (August 12, 2005)
• Defendant Indicted for Camcording Films in Movie Theaters and for Distributing the Films on Computer Networks: First Prosecution Under Newly-Enacted Family Entertainment Copyright Act (August 4, 2005)
• Former IT Director of Silicon Valley Company Pleads Guilty to Theft of Trade Secrets (August, 1, 2005)
• Justice Department Announces Eight Charged in Internet Piracy Crackdown: First Indictments Arising from Charlotte FBI Undercover Investigation for Operation FastLink and Site Down (July 28, 2005)
• First "Operation Site Down" Indictment Charges Four Defendants with Copyright Violations Following Undercover "Warez" Investigation: Charges Include Conspiracy and Violations Under The NET Act and The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (July 14, 2005)
• Disgruntled Phillies Fan/Spammer Sent to Prison for Four Years (July 14, 2005)
• Maple Shade, New Jersey Man Gets 15 Months in Prison for Selling Fake Rolex Watches Over the Internet (July, 12, 2005)
• Jury Convicts Hollywood Movie Pirate of Copyright Infringement and other Federal Charges (June 30, 2005)
• Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Felony Copyright Infringement for Selling more than $1 Million of Copyright Protected Software and Video Games over the Internet (June 23, 2005)
• Justice Department Announces International Internet Piracy Sweep: 'Operation Site Down' Attacks Organized Piracy Networks in 10 Countries (June 30, 2005)
• Worker Admits Stealing Pre-Release Copies of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Transmitting Copies of Game Artwork over the Internet (June 13, 2005)
• Worker Admits Stealing Pre-Release Copies of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Transmitting Copies of Game Artwork over the Internet (June 13, 2005)
• New York Man Pleads Guilty to Reprogramming & Selling Thousands of Satellite TV "Smart Cards" (June 10, 2005)
• Maryland Man Convicted of Selling More than 300 Copies of Camcorded Feature Films (June 9, 2005)
• Local Commercial X-BOX Retailers Plead Guilty to Copyright Felonies (May 31, 2005)
• Final Guilty Plea in Operation Digital Gridlock, First Federal Peer-to-Peer Copyright and Piracy Crackdown (May 31, 2005)
• Silicon Valley Pair Plead Guilty to Trafficking in Counterfeit Software: Defendants in "Operation Cyberstorm" Investigation Admit to Selling and Possessing Counterfeit CDs Valued at More than $500,000 (May 9, 2005)
• Former Computer Science Graduate Student Sentenced for Hacking Major Corporations (April 25, 2005)
• Fairlawn, Ohio Man Sentenced in e-Bay Auction Scam (March 28, 2005)
• New York Teen Pleads Guilty to Making Extortion Threats Against Internet Company (March 22, 2005)
• Pleasant Hill, California Computer Hacker from "Deceptive Duo" Guilty of Intrusions into Government Computers and Defacing Websites (March 11, 2005)
• Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Renews Commitment to Justice Department's Intellectual Property Task Force (March 9, 2005)
• First U.S. Convictions in Largest Ever Multinational Investigation of Internet Piracy (March 8, 2005)
• Corona, California Man Faces Federal Criminal Charges for Uploading 'Finding Neverland' to the Internet (March 4, 2005)
• Queens Man Sentenced to 27 Months' Imprisonment on Federal Charges of Computer Damage, Access Device Fraud and Software Piracy (February 28, 2005)
• Middleburg, Florida Man Sentenced to 18 Months Imprisonment for Distributing Pirated Software over the Internet in Violation of Federal Criminal Copyright Infringement Laws (February 25, 2005)
• New York Spammer Arrested for Making Threats Against Internet Messaging Company and Sending More Than 1.5 Million Spam Messages (February 17, 2005)
• Former IT Manager of Software Firm Indicted on Computer Crime Charges (February 16, 2005)
• Juvenile Sentenced for Releasing Worm That Attacked Microsoft Web Site (February 11, 2005)
• Computer Hacker Who Victimized T-Mobile Pleads Guilty in Los Angeles Federal Court (February 15, 2005)
• Minnesota Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Creating and Unleashing a Variant of the MS Blaster Computer Worm (January 28, 2005)
• Former Sacramento Man Arrested in eBay Auction Scam (January 27, 2005)
• First Criminal Defendants Plead Guilty in Peer-to-Peer Copyright Piracy Crackdown (January 18, 2005)
• Lanham, Maryland Man Sentenced to 18 Months Incarceration for Operating a Pay-for-Access Website Offering Pirated Copies of Business Software (January 7, 2005)
• Southern California Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking in Counterfeit Viagra (January 6, 2005)