FBI Conducts Searches in Software Probe
Times Staff and Wire Reports
The FBI said it carried out searches from coast to coast as part of an undercover investigation of computer software piracy. The FBI, which code-named the probe “Cyber Strike,” said its agents were interviewing people or searching homes and businesses in San Leandro, Atlanta, Miami, Oklahoma City and Pittsburgh, among other cities. The search warrants allege violations of U.S. laws against copyright infringement and authorize agents to seize computer hardware, documents and records, the FBI said. The searches followed an eight-month undercover investigation of illegal duplication and distribution of software, a $1-billion-a-year crime, the bureau’s San Francisco office said.
