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Re:Electronics-recycling innovator going to prison for tryin... by bigtones on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @11:56PM (#16973927)
Microsoft did not prosecute this or file suit - the US Justice Department did.

If you want Microsoft's take on this, they responded on their blog after the negative press:

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2018/04/27/the-fac...

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Re:Electronics-recycling innovator going to prison for tryin... by jlarocco on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:47AM (#16974129)
Wow, that shines a new light on things. He's clearly defrauding customers by telling them that they're buying genuine Dell and Microsoft discs when they're not. I don't have any sympathy for him after reading that.
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Re:Electronics-recycling innovator going to prison for tryin... by ikamthania on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @12:58AM (#16974168)
My thoughts exactly
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