April 6, 2018
The agency declined to release the names of those raided, but contended they were responsible for importing, installing, selling, and distributing foreign-made devices smuggled into the United States.
Illegal chips and other devices used on gaming consoles violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. Sales of counterfeit or illegally obtained games costs the industry about $3 billion a year globally, not including Internet piracy, the Entertainment Software Association, a trade group, estimates.
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