In a major success to curb software piracy, Delhi Police busted a large counterfeit Microsoft Software racket that was circulating in the city. The 2 offenders named Manmohan Chawla and Jeet Bandhan Mishra have been arrested and more than 2000 components of Microsoft products comprising mainly of Windows 7 Professional Media and Microsoft Office Home & Business, along with other components were seized from this raid.
On a complaint from Microsoft, the officers of District Intelligence Unit (DIU), South Distt., Delhi Police busted a large counterfeit racket operating from the Sant Nagar area, close to the Nehru Place, Delhi’s IT Hub. The group was procuring counterfeit media from China & Blank/Pulled Certificate of Authenticity (COAs) either locally or from China. They had printed booklets and other components like the Jewel case, White Box labels, Importers’ Stickers locally and then bundled them to create high quality counterfeit Microsoft products. The counterfeit products were then produced and delivered immediately as they did not have any warehouse facility.
Reportedly, Microsoft pursued these leads based on input from the public and other genuine resellers. It was learnt that these resellers procured counterfeits from China and were selling and supplying it to other resellers in smaller towns also.
