U.S. v. VAMPIRE NATION

No. 05-1715.

451 F.3d 189 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America v. VAMPIRE NATION a/k/a Fredrik Von Hamilton a/k/a Frederick Hamilton Banks, Frederick H. Banks, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed June 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Chontos (Argued), Chontos & Chontos, P.C., Turtle Creek, PA, for Appellant.

Mary Beth Buchanan, Laura Schleich Irwin (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, for the United States.

Before RENDELL, VAN ANTWERPEN, and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judge.

On October 14, 2004, a jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania convicted Frederick Banks on charges of mail fraud, criminal copyright infringement, uttering and possessing counterfeit or forged securities, and witness tampering. These convictions stemmed from Banks's sales of illegally copied ("pirated") versions of copyrighted Microsoft software products through an Internet marketplace website, Amazon...

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