Operation Cyberstorm
{{Short description|Undercover operation by the FBI}}
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Operation Cyberstorm was a two-year undercover operation in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), against illegal copying of software.{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/archive/criminal/cybercrime/press-releases/2007/aliSent.htm|title=Four Defendants Sentenced in Scheme to Defraud Microsoft Corporation|website=www.justice.gov}} At the time, it was the largest sweep ever conducted by the FBI against illegal copying.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/what-i-learned-when-my-parents-got-arrested/621401/|title=What I Learned When My Parents Got Arrested|first=Wajahat|last=Ali|date=January 30, 2022|website=The Atlantic}}
Investigations
A number of individuals purchased software at discounts, and resold them at a profit in violation of their software license.{{Cite web|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2539567/scammers-sentenced-for-microsoft-software-scheme.html|title=Scammers sentenced for Microsoft software scheme|first=Robert|last=McMillan|date=October 26, 2007|website=Computerworld}}
Convictions
Mirza Ali, 60, of Fremont, California and Sameena Ali, 53, also of Fremont, were sentenced in 2007 to 60 months imprisonment, and forfeiture in the amount of $5,105,977. Keith Griffen, 56, of Oregon City, Oregon, was sentenced to 33 months of imprisonment, restitution to Microsoft Corporation in the amount of $20,000,000, three years of supervised release, and $900 in special assessments. William Glushenko, 66, was sentenced to one year of probation and 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to misprision of felony.