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Man charged for selling forged license keys for network switches

ID: 7c1ad25c-626c-5459-b66a-02a03ef62e72

STIX ID: report--7c1ad25c-626c-5459-b66a-02a03ef62e72

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Date Published: 2024-09-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Minnesota IT company co-owner Benjamin Paley for allegedly conspiring to generate and sell 3,637 counterfeit Brocade switch license keys between 2014 and 2022, causing multi-million-dollar losses. Paley faces one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and three counts of access device fraud, with potential prison time and fines; co-conspirators have pleaded guilty, and sentencing is pending.

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