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Columbus Man Sentenced For Selling Pirated Movies

WCBE 90.5FM | By Associated Press
Published January 31, 2014 at 6:29 AM EST

A federal employee accused of selling pirated movie DVDs during work hours has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to copyright infringement. Federal prosecutors say 65-year-old Darrell Lynch of Columbus must also pay 15 hundred dollars restitution to the Motion Picture Association of America and had to resign from the Defense Logistics Agency. Authorities found 188 unauthorized copies of recent movies in April.
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