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\"Department<\/a>WASHINGTON<\/strong>\u2014A leader of an online piracy group plead guilty Monday for his role in a scheme to distribute more than one million pirated copies of copyrighted Android mobile device applications, or \u201capps,” with a total retail value of more than $1.7 million.<\/p>\n

Scott Walton<\/strong>, 28, of Cleveland, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. Walton will be sentenced at a later date.<\/p>\n

A second co-conspirator, Kody Jon Peterson,<\/strong> 22, of Clermont, Florida, pleaded guilty on April 14, 2014, for his role in the conspiracy.<\/p>\n

Court evidence indicated that Walton and his fellow conspirators identified themselves as members of the SnappzMarket Group.<\/p>\n

From May 2011 through August 2012, they conspired to reproduce and distribute over one million copies of copyrighted Android mobile device apps.<\/p>\n

The apps had a total retail value of over $1.7 million and were distributed through the SnappzMarket alternative online market without permission from the victim copyright owners, who would otherwise sell copies of the apps on legitimate online markets for a fee.<\/p>\n

On Aug. 21, 2012, the FBI executed a seizure order against the www.snappzmarket.com website, which was the first time a website domain involving mobile device app marketplaces had been seized.<\/p>\n

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