Social recluse made £300,000 in internet scam run from his bedroom
by Press Association from Technology | The Guardian on (#JEF1)
Paul Mahoney, 30 and partially blind, put the movie industry at risk of losing 120 million, a court has heard
A social recluse who ran an internet piracy scam from his bedroom put the movie industry at risk of losing 120m, a court has heard.
Paul Mahoney, 30, made almost 300,000 through advertising revenue generated from illegal sites offering access to the latest films and TV shows - many before general release, a judge at a pre-sentence hearing was told.
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