Iranian Man Charged in Pirated Kodak Software Scam

A Rochester, N.Y. man has been charged with devising a fraudulent scheme to sell pirated copies of sophisticated printing software owned by Kodak worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Navid Salehvaziri, 32, of Tehran, Iran, was arrested in Virginia and appeared today before a United States Magistrate Judge in Virginia to answer the charge, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field stated that according to the complaint, Salehvaziri established a website, “KodakPrinergy.com,” to offer for sale unauthorized, pirated copies of Kodak Prinergy Evo software.

The software contains proprietary “computer to plate” technology, and is used in commercial printing applications. In an undercover operation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arranged to purchase a copy of the software from the defendant for $1500.

The software received by the FBI was not an authorized copy, and Kodak’s regular security and access control features were disabled. It was determined by Kodak to be a full-featured version of its Prinergy Evo technology worth approximately $345,000.

The criminal complaint is the culmination of an investigation by Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The fact that a defendant has been charged with a crime is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

Salehvaziri will appear in Rochester Federal Court at a later date.

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