The documents show that Mr. Sankus supervised about 60 people who stole and distributed pirated software.
Mostly, Mr. Finn said, they were irate they had been sold pirated software.
By comparison, defendants can receive five-year sentences for distributing pirated software.
Mohammed Ahmed, 31, who sells pirated software and videos in the street in Ramses Square, echoed that sentiment.
Indeed, a number of big, publicly held Chinese companies, which five years ago would have used pirated software, now buy legal, licensed products from software vendors.
With pirated software prevalent in this country, it is not surprising that some of these groups might have some on their computers.
For several years, one way for criminals to infect victims' computers with malicious software was by using shady websites serving porn and pirated software to covertly deliver malicious scripts.
They're people who install pirated software or fall for social engineering tricks: they install viruses hidden in email attachments, or fake Flash updates, or downloaded via links posted to Twitter, Facebook etc.
The software then only loads unsigned, but not pirated software.
There are even more tempting opportunities to download "free" copies of "cracked" pirated software.
MGP is advertising his web site, where he posts dozens of songs and pirated software.
