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Written Statement of Kevin J. O'Connor, Chairman of the Department of Justice Task Force on Intellectual Property, at the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Intellectual Property Enforcement

Date:11/7/2007

stribution network known as Affpower. The Affpower organization received over 1 million Internet orders for controlled and non-controlled prescription pharmaceuticals from customers in all 50 states, and it generated more than $126 million in gross revenue. Affpower allegedly paid licensed doctors to issue prescriptions based only on answers to health questionnaires filled out over the Internet and requiring no mental or physical exams. The defendants have been charged with various crimes, including racketeering and conspiracy to commit racketeering, distribution and dispensing of controlled substances, mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to dispense and dispensing of misbranded drugs with the intent to defraud and mislead. Twelve individuals have already pleaded guilty in connection with the Affpower conspiracy.

-- Twenty-Nine Defendants in Three States Charged with Conspiracy to Smuggle Counterfeits On June 6, 2007, in Brooklyn, New York, 29 defendants were charged in three separate complaints with conspiracy to smuggle over 950 shipments of merchandise into the United States through ports of entry at Newark, N.J., Houston Texas, Long Beach, California, New York Container Terminal in Staten Island, N.Y., and John F. Kennedy International Airport. The counterfeit merchandise was principally from China. Four of the defendants were also charged with money laundering. The charges resulted from a 19- month coordinated initiative by ICE and Customs and Border Protection.

-- Nine Convictions for Selling $30 Million of Counterfeit Software on eBay On June 22, 2007, in the District of Wisconsin, Department prosecutors obtained the eighth and ninth felony convictions involving the eBay auction sales of counterfeit Rockwell Automation software. All nine defendants pled guilty in separate proceedings to felony copyright infringement for selling counterfeit Rockwell Automation software on eBay. The software had a combined retail value of approximately $30 million
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