Man gets 7 years for illegal software distribution

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BALTIMORE (AP) — A 32-year-old man who fled to Pakistan shortly before being indicted on software copyright infringement charges has been sentenced to more than 7 years in prison.

Naveed Sheikh, formerly of Baltimore, was also ordered to forfeit 4 million, the value of the infringed software programs, at sentencing Thursday in federal court in Baltimore.

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