Feds charge KC man in $90M software piracy ring

A Kansas City man and two others allegedly engaged in one of the largest software piracy schemes ever prosecuted, according to charges brought by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Casey Lee Ross, 28, of Kansas City, Reza Davachi, 41, of Damascus, Md., and Matthew Lockwood, 37, of Denver, were charged. Ross and Lockwood entered guilty pleas.

According to the Kansas City Business Journal, Ross in 2013 purchased and redistributed about 30,159 product key codes and counterfeit product key cards for products owned by Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. The codes allow users to register the products as if they are a legitimately purchased product.

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