Hairbautt
09-11-2008, 02:08 AM
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/picture.php?albumid=25&pictureid=206"During October 2007, the popular BitTorrent tracker OiNK was shut down in a joint effort by Dutch and British law enforcement. Today, OiNK admin Alan Ellis has been charged with conspiracy to defraud. Charges against four OiNK uploaders will follow later today."
"After extending the bail date 5 times, Cleveland police has announced the charges against OiNK administrator Alan Ellis.
Cleveland police initially stated that the charges against Alan would be announced during December 2007, but this was soon postponed for two months due to a lack of evidence, only to be postponed another 4 times.
Interestingly, the charges against Ellis are not related to copyright offenses. Instead, he has been charged with “conspiracy to defraud”, further details about the charges are not available at the moment, but are likely to be released in the coming days. On 24th September, the case will he heard at a magistrates court."
:source: Full Article: OiNK Admin Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud
(http://torrentfreak.com/oink-admin-charged-with-conspiracy-to-defraud-080910/)"Today, after almost a year, the OiNK investigation came to an end. Earlier today we reported that OiNK administrator Alan Ellis was charged with "conspiracy to defraud". Now, just hours later the alleged uploaders are charged with copyright infringement for uploading one CD."
"This May, five men and one woman were arrested for sharing music on OiNK. The suspects were taken in for questioning, and required to provide DNA samples and fingerprints.
Two months later, two of the six alleged uploaders were released from further investigation, but (at least) two of the remaining four have been charged today. The alleged uploaders were charged with copyright infringement for uploading one CD. The "conspiracy to defraud" accusations vanished, as they were not mentioned."
*Note: Early report, more information might be added.
:source: Full Article: OiNK Uploaders Charged with Copyright Infringement
(http://torrentfreak.com/oink-uploaders-charged-with-copyright-infringement-080910/)
"After extending the bail date 5 times, Cleveland police has announced the charges against OiNK administrator Alan Ellis.
Cleveland police initially stated that the charges against Alan would be announced during December 2007, but this was soon postponed for two months due to a lack of evidence, only to be postponed another 4 times.
Interestingly, the charges against Ellis are not related to copyright offenses. Instead, he has been charged with “conspiracy to defraud”, further details about the charges are not available at the moment, but are likely to be released in the coming days. On 24th September, the case will he heard at a magistrates court."
:source: Full Article: OiNK Admin Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud
(http://torrentfreak.com/oink-admin-charged-with-conspiracy-to-defraud-080910/)"Today, after almost a year, the OiNK investigation came to an end. Earlier today we reported that OiNK administrator Alan Ellis was charged with "conspiracy to defraud". Now, just hours later the alleged uploaders are charged with copyright infringement for uploading one CD."
"This May, five men and one woman were arrested for sharing music on OiNK. The suspects were taken in for questioning, and required to provide DNA samples and fingerprints.
Two months later, two of the six alleged uploaders were released from further investigation, but (at least) two of the remaining four have been charged today. The alleged uploaders were charged with copyright infringement for uploading one CD. The "conspiracy to defraud" accusations vanished, as they were not mentioned."
*Note: Early report, more information might be added.
:source: Full Article: OiNK Uploaders Charged with Copyright Infringement
(http://torrentfreak.com/oink-uploaders-charged-with-copyright-infringement-080910/)