The United States Department of Justice has shared some news regarding Team-Xecuter, which doesn't appear to be a good sign for the company. Gary Bowser, known on GBAtemp as garyopa, Max Louarn, and Yuanning Chen have all been arrested in Seattle, Washington. The US Government classifies these men as "leaders of one of the world's most notorious videogame piracy groups", and will be facing a federal indictment charge, for the selling of illegal hardware that facilitates piracy.

“These defendants lined their pockets by stealing and selling the work of other video-game developers – even going so far as to make customers pay a licensing fee to play stolen games,” said U.S. Attorney Brian Moran for the Western District of Washington. “This conduct doesn’t just harm billion dollar companies, it hijacks the hard work of individuals working to advance in the video-game industry.”

The FBI has also been involved, with each defendant to be charged under 11 felony counts, ranging from wire fraud, trafficking circumvention devices, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. One of the defendants, Louarn, has not yet been extradited, though Bowser has, where he was seen in the court hearing that took place today.

In September 2020, Louarn and Bowser were arrested abroad in connection with the charges in this case. The United States will seek Louarn’s extradition to stand trial in the United States. Bowser was arrested and deported from the Dominican Republic, and appeared today in federal court, in New Jersey.

Each defendant is charged with 11 felony counts, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to circumvent technological measures and to traffic in circumvention devices, trafficking in circumvention devices, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

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[leerpsp]

How do you explain the 2TB hard drive fill of NSP and XCI on your desk?

I can barley fit my monitor on my desk lol,

 

[HideoKojima]

I can barley fit my monitor on my desk lol,

Loool

 

[realtimesave]

Gary oPa is against all odds, it's the chance he has got to take. I will pray for you, my friend.

 

[DaveLister]

Poor Gary . Looks like he will be getting a good helping of freedom.

 

[shanefromoz]

Can this get back on topic rather then becoming a bash Gary post.

 

[realtimesave]

Can this get back on topic rather then becoming a bash Gary post.

omg ._. but I <3 the Gary

 

[pofehof]

because she mentioned that it could also happen that they will go after atmos-user
but I said that's unlikely

Yeah, it's definitely unlikely. Seems they only went after TX since they were profiting off this.

 

[gizmomelb]

omg ._. but I <3 the Gary

you 2 the Gary, or you 1 the Gary?

 

[SlCKB0Y]

What I don't get is why they let themselves be taken alive since once found guilty they are facing a life sentence

‘Who do you think these guys are? Bonnie and Clyde? They are criminal nerds, not gangsters.

 

[Andalitez]

none of us, we were just discussing it

because she mentioned that it could also happen that they will go after atmos-user
but I said that's unlikely

Was just joking bro

 

[izy]

you're not thinking about this logically. why would they continue if resellers are being sued? they're not going to continue at 0 profit. face it, sx os is over. saying that they'll be okay is defending your purchase, when deep down inside you know that we're right. there was supposed to be a reset glitch hack for the ps3. why didn't that come out? lawsuits. Marcan of fail0verflow has even stated that the ps3 would've been fully hacked within days due to nonrandom key on both main ps3 ldrs, but the lawsuits scared off the people knowledgeable enough to make it happen. I'm sorry that I have to be blunt, but this is the reality of things. sx os is dead.

Ermm you do realise those resellers that got sued got done in before the chips got released.

And it didn't stop them the last 5 months selling chips online.

Also the exploit chip was already public and in circulation before indictment. Its still going for now and its not like it doesn't support payloads and is easy to reverse engineer from how its exploit works.

Basically if sxos dies and atmosphere supports the chip in future it will have plenty of reason to still sell

 

[realtimesave]

you 2 the Gary, or you 1 the Gary?

in english please.

there is NOTHING I can do to help gary. I told him several times that he shouldn't sell pirated shit. does he listen? FUCK NO.

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Emm you do realise those resellers that got sued got done in before the chips got released.

And it didn't stop them the last 5 months selling chips online.

It's all bullshit if you ask me. Both MaxConsole and sx.xecuter.com are online as well as the gay licensing page.

And all everyone cares about is their little kiddie updates to their warez pup software when "supposedly" there are people in JAIL. what a crock of shit all of this is.

 

[godreborn]

Ermm you do realise those resellers that got sued got done in before the chips got released.

And it didn't stop them the last 5 months selling chips online.

Also the exploit chip was already public and in circulation before indictment. Its still going for now and its not like it doesn't support payloads and is easy to reverse engineer from how its exploit works.

Basically if sxos dies and atmosphere supports the chip in future it will have plenty of reason to still sell

link?

 

[realtimesave]

Resellers on aliexpress are already abandoning the product after they found the news. so NOPE.

 

[GbaNober]

i know this is coming,Nintendo always walk the talk

 

[gizmomelb]

in english please.

bruh... you posted I <3 the Gary. 2 and 1 are less than 3, so which is it?

 

[Agusto101]

Now nintendo seek every buyer of sx os, then atmos users and then every person with an illegal copy of a nintendo game hahaha, that's a nice joke even if you were "caught" the punishment won't even reach 1 year of prison
, people say very funny things here and don't worry sx is going to be fine I'm pretty sure.

 

[linuxares]

We don't know what roles that the people arrested played, what keys they held or will lead the law to. From what little has been said then they were noted players but minor in the end.
To that end they might come back.

They were the top brass. The money bags and the mule.

It's all bullshit if you ask me. Both MaxConsole and sx.xecuter.com are online as well as the gay licensing page.

Yes, they haven't been convicted therefore the Federal Court haven't decided to seize the pages most likely. Why they're still in operation.

 

[Kubas_inko]

bruh... you posted I <3 the Gary. 2 and 1 are less than 3, so which is it?

Interesting troll...

 

[gamesquest1]

hope they don't get hammered too hard, as much people dislike they were selling a product, it was an option for people, their existence didn't stop a open source alternative

but on a side not, will be kinda amusing to see if bowser testifies against bowser, i'm just picturing the Spiderman meme with 2 bowsers