Voor de generatie die wat langer in de satellietbusiness / hobby zitten is deze Paul maxwell "KING" geen onbekende. Feit is dat Paul (en twee van zijn medewerkers) uitgeleverd zijn door Engeland aan de VS nadat ze een case in de loop der jaren tegen Paul en zijn bedrijf hebben gemaakt. In ieder geval genoeg om het uit te leveren aan de VS incl zijn medewerkers.
Hij heeft naast werkstraffen etc ook een boete opgelegd gekregen van maar liefst $4,324,320. DOLLAR!!!!! FLINK DE SIGAAR DUS!!!!!
Bezint eer ge begint dus!!!
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DIRECTV pirates extradited from the UK to Florida to stand trail for involvement in DIRECTV piracy between June 1997 and May 2002.
Investigations of other conspirators continue.
On September 11, 2007, Paul MAXWELL-KING was sentenced for violations of Title 18 United States Code, Section 371, conspiring to commit Title 47 United States Code, Section 605(e)(4) import/export/distribute devices intended primarily to be used in the unauthorized decryption of commercial direct to home satellite television services. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent in Charge,Tampa, Florida, along with Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA)Cherie Krigsman and Terry Zitek prosecuted the case in the MiddleDistrict of Florida.
This case involved a criminal organization dating from approximately June 1997 to May 2002, during which defendants conspired to illegally assemble, modify, export, import, sell, and distribute devices that enabled individuals to illegally obtain commercial direct to home satellite television signals.
The conspiracy also involved mail and wire fraud, as well as fraudulently importing merchandise into theUnited States by means of false pretenses. The following three businesses were involved in this fraud: MAXKING INTERFACES, an international and interstate corporation based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England; BLUE SKY TECHNOLOGIES, located in Tampa Florida; and PEDETOWN USA, located in Jacksonville, Florida. As a result of the conspiracy, the satellite television industry lost millions of dollars.
Paul MAXWELL-KING owned and operated MAXKING INTERFACES, and was the inventor and engineer of the MK-13 and Minimax smart card programmers,which with software, provided for the unauthorized decryption of direct to home satellite television signals. He established distributor relationships with BLUE SKY TECHNOLOGIES and PEDETOWN USA, and imported the MK-13 and Minimax devices into the United States. Paul MAXWELL-KING was the leader of the organization, and very popular in the United
States through his website, and the MK-13 and Minimax programmers.
PaulMAXWELL-KING was probably the largest and most popular distributor of the illegal satellite signal intercepting devices in the United States.
His creation of the MK-13 and Minimax programmer technology caused millions in damage to the satellite television industry. Smaller distributors in the United States began using the MK-13 and Minimax as a model to create new and improved devices based on the design and technology of the MK-13 and Minimax.
ICE SAC/Tampa and the AUSA Cherie Krigsman extradited Paul MAXWELL-KING from Doncaster, England to the United States on January 18, 2006, and extradited Steve EDMONDSON, an employee of Paul MAXWELL-KING, December18, 2006.
Estimated damages by the Paul MAXWELL-KING organization was estimated at $4,324,320.
Paul MAXWELL-KING plead guilty and was sentenced to time served, 3 years probation, a $15,000 fee, 350 hours community service,and ordered to pay restitution of $4,324,320. Steven EDMONDSON, and
employee of Paul MAXWELL-KING in Doncaster, England, plead guilty to the same charges, and was sentenced to time served and to share the restitution of $4,324,320.
Robert MCLAREN, owner of BLUE SKY TECHNOLOGIES in Tampa FL, plead guilty to the same charges, and was sentenced to share the restitution of $4,324,320, along with one of his employees who also plead guilty, Susan PARKER-TRUDGIAN. John Dumas,owner of PEDETOWN USA, plead guilty and was sentenced to share the restitution of $4,324,320.
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