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Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Largest CD Manufacturing Piracy Scheme Uncovered in U.S.

Defendant Used Replication Equipment and Fake FBI Anti-Piracy Labels As Part Of Scheme To Mass Produce Counterfeit Music Cd's Manufactured for Retail Distribution Agents Have Seized Nearly 500,000 Cd's and More than 5,500 Stampers as Part of Operation Remaster

United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that the third and final defendant that has been charged in Operation Remaster pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon and admitted in open court to his involvement in the largest music manufacturing piracy seizure in the United States to date. On October 6, 2005, law enforcement conducted searches of 13 locations in California and Texas in the undercover investigation called Operation Remaster. The FBI estimates that approximately 494,000 pirated music, software, and movie Cd's, and DVDs, and more than 5,500 stampers were seized during those raids.

Defendant YAOBIN ZHAI, a/k/a Ben Zhai, 33, of Fremont, California, admitted participating in a conspiracy to mass-produce pirated music. Zhai is the prin

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