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A Popular YouTuber Is Among Those Indicted in a Major Cable TV Piracy Case

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday indicted three men in a wide-reaching video copyright infringement scheme that lasted for over three years.

The indictment was unsealed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and named Bill Omar Carrasquillo, 35, of Swedesboro, N.J.; Jesse Gonzales, 42, of Pico Rivera, Calif.; and Michael Barone, 36, of Richmond Hill, N.Y., as perpetrators. 

Federal charges against the three men include fraudulently obtaining cable television accounts and reselling copyrighted content to thousands of unknowing subscribers. The defendants also allegedly defrauded banks and retail processors to secure their own merchant processing accounts. 

Read the source article at The Hill

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