Mr. Schiff:
You may know it's illegal to steal programming signals from cable
and satellite television companies. FBI Special Agent Pete Fedyszen
investigated such a case in Miami a couple of years ago...
Mr.
Fedyszen: "We had received information from a source that
an individual was illegally programming satellite television cards."
Mr. Schiff:
Fedyszen says the suspect was working out of his home in Miami-Dade
County...
Mr.
Fedyszen: "He illegally downloaded software from the Internet
at which time he used specific computer hardware to program the
satellite cards from friends of his and other individuals who
would bring the cards to him."
Mr. Schiff:
Fedyszen says these friends and others would then go home and
break the law...
Mr.
Fedyszen: "These cards, when placed into the equipment that
the user would have, would permit them to receive all satellite
services without charge."
Mr. Schiff:
An investigation by the Miami-Dade Police Department and the
FBI,
which included undercover operations, led authorities to a county
employee. The subject pleaded guilty, was sentenced and lost
his county job. I'm Neal Schiff and that's the FBI's Closed Case
of the Week."
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