The UK end of a huge Microsoft software counterfeiting ring has been brought to book, with four convicted of conspiracy to defraud. Akbal Alibahai, 34 of Palmers Green, London and Nabil Bakir, 29, of Ascot,Berkshire, directors of a company called PC Software, were each sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Two accomplices, Adam Collier, 32 of Sandhurst, Berkshire and Chiam Dias, 35 of Marylebone, London were each given custodial sentences of four months.
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