Andre Yoskowitz
22 Apr 2007 15:17
Hew Raymond Griffiths, the leader of the warez group "Drink or Die" and who has already spent 3 years fighting extradition to the US from his home in Australia, has pleaded guilty to “conspiracy to commit copyright infringement” and “criminal copyright infringement” and could possibly face 10 years in prison along with a $500,000 fine.
Griffiths, who had never even visited the US became the first foreigner to be extradicted to the US to face charges of copyright infringement. He had spent 3 years in an Australian prison fighting the extradition, but a court in Australia ruled against him earlier this year.
Back in 1999, Griffiths proclaimed that he was in control of more than 20 of top warez servers worldwide and made the bold claim that he would never be caught.
In 2001, he and a few others were busted during US Custom raids under the banner "Operation Buccaneer" and Griffiths was identified as the leader of DrinkOrDie.
In Feburary he was arraigned in court and yesterday pleaded guilty to the charges against him.
Source:
TorrentFreak