Rodolfo Rodriguez Cabrera, Counterfeit Slot Machines and Computer Programs, Nevada 2010

Two individuals were sentenced to prison for conspiring to traffic in counterfeit slot machines and computer programs.

Rodolfo Rodriguez Cabrera, 43, a Cuban national, and Henry Mantilla, 35, of Cape Coral, Fla., were sentenced to two years in prison each for conspiring to produce and sell counterfeit International Game Technology (IGT) video gaming machines, commonly known as slot machines, and counterfeit IGT computer programs.

The defendants were ordered to pay $151,800 in restitution and to serve three years of supervised release following their prison terms. They also agreed to forfeit any and all counterfeit items in their possession and any illegal proceeds from their criminal activity.

Cabrera and Mantilla pleaded guilty on May 6, 2010, for their roles in the conspiracy. They were indicted originally by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas on April 22, 2009, with one count of conspiracy, two counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods, two counts of trafficking in counterfeit labels and two counts of criminal copyright infringement.

According to court documents, Cabrera and Mantilla conspired between August 2007 and April 15, 2009, to make and sell unauthorized copies of computer programs designed for IGT video slot machines and counterfeit IGT video slot machines bearing IGT’s registered trademarks, all without the permission of IGT.

Cabrera was arrested on June 8, 2009, in Riga, Latvia, and extradited from Latvia to the United States on October 23, 2009. Cabrera is the first individual to be extradited from Latvia to the United States under a new extradition treaty between the U.S. and Latvia, which entered into force on April 15, 2009.

The case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney Thomas S. Dougherty of the Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Chu of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada.

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