New York man indicted for ‘Wolverine’ film piracy arrested by the FBI
By APWednesday, December 16, 2009
FBI arrests New York man for ‘Wolverine’ piracy
LOS ANGELES — The FBI has arrested a New York man indicted for illegally distributing pirated copies of the movie “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says in a statement that Gilberto Sanchez was arrested at his Bronx home early Wednesday without incident. The 47-year-old Sanchez was indicted Dec. 10 by a Los Angeles federal grand jury for violation of federal copyright law.
He’s expected to appear Wednesday before a U.S. magistrate judge in New York.
The indictment, unsealed after Wednesday’s arrest, says Sanchez uploaded the copyrighted “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” to an Internet site last spring. He faces a possible three years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or gross loss attributable to the offense, whichever is greater.
