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CBI has registered a case U/s 120-B r/w 420, 468, 471 IPC
and Section 63 of the Copy Right Act, 1957 against the Directors
of a Software Company of West Patel Nagar,New Delhi for indulging
in import of pirated Miscrosoft Softwares in India and selling
it to the public in general as original softwares through
various vendors located in Nehru Place, Dwarka, Hari Nagar
localities of Delhi. These persons are also using fake Certificate
of Authenticity (COA) stickers obtained from a Software Company
from Nehru Place, New Delhi. In this connection, two accused
persons have been arrested.
After registering the case, CBI conducted searches at 16
business/residential premises of the accused persons today.
Searches have resulted in seizure of 311 pirated CDs containing
Miscrosoft Windows 98/2000/Xp/Professional Operating System
Softwares and about 700 fake COA stickers worth about Rs.25
lakh. The illegal sale of these pirated imported software
has caused huge loss to the Govt. Further investigation
is on.
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