Four Alleged Members of Web Music Piracy Group Indicted

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 10, 2009 - 9:50am.

Washington - Four individuals were indicted in federal court on Thursday on copyright infringement charges, related to their alleged membership in a pre-release music piracy group that uploaded thousands of songs to the Internet. Adil R. Cassim, 29, of Granada Hills, Calif.; Bennie Glover, 35, of Shelby, N.C.; Matthew D. Chow, 28, of Missouri City, Texas; and Edward L. Mohan, II, 46, of Baltimore, are accused of being part of "Rabid Neurosis" (RNS), which the indictment says operated from at least 1999 until 2007.

Pre-release music was allegedly provided to the group by Glover through a CD plant in North Carolina.

Other members of the group allegedly purchased CDs at retail shortly after their release, and posted them online before other piracy groups could do so.

If convicted, the defendants face up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and possible orders of restitution.

Along with these four defendants, two other individuals allegedly involved with the group were also charged; one of these has since pleaded guilty.

The case is part of a multi-year federal investigation into organized piracy groups, led by the FBI.

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