[Infowarrior] - San Diego GOP chairman co-founded international piracy ring

[Richard Forno]

(I know I'll take some flack for posting this, but it's too amusing to pass
up this morning........rf)


San Diego GOP chairman co-founded international piracy ring

04/29/2008 @ 10:55 am

Filed by Miriam Raftery

Any job applicant knows that background checks are routine ­
especially for jobs involving authority or oversight of money. So why
didn¹t the San Diego Republican Party do a simple Google search
before naming Tony Krvaric as its chairman?

Online research reveals that Krvaric is the co-founder of Fairlight, a
band of software crackers which later evolved into an international
video and software piracy group that law enforcement authorities say
is among the world¹s largest such crime rings. After co-founding
Fairlight in Sweden, Krvaric established U.S. operations for the
organization, including an arm headquartered in Southern California‹a
major center for the computer and video game industry.

Krvaric has also been appointed by California Republican Party
Chairman Ron Nehring to head up the state party¹s budget committee.
RAW STORY's investigation reveals the California GOP has put an
alleged pirate in charge of its treasure trove.

An e-mail sent anonymously this week to a conservative listserv
operator in San Diego County revealed an attached document titled
³The Secret Life of Tony Krvaric.² The attachment alleged that
Krvaric, using the alias ³Strider,² founded Fairlight ³to
illegally crack and distribute copyrighted software.² Fairlight
evolved from ³an adolescent obsession into a full fledged
multinational criminal enterprise,² the e-mail claimed.

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