The plea goes on to admit that 'the enterprise attempted to cloak its illegal activity with a purported desire to support homebrew enthusiasts who wanted to design their own games, the predominant and primary design of the enterprise's products was to allow purchasers to play pirated ROMs.'
In plea documents obtained by TorrentFreak, Bowser admits that he 'knowingly and willfully participated in a cybercriminal enterprise that hacked leading gaming consoles and that developed, manufactured, marketed, and sold a variety of circumvention devices that allowed the enterprise's customers to play pirated versions of copyrighted video games' between June 2013 and his arrest last year. In exchange, prosecutors have agreed to drop the other nine charges. Combined, the two charges come with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
The government is still seeking the extradition of French national Max Louarn, who was arrested in Tanzania at the same time as Bowser.īowser pleaded guilty to two of the 11 felony counts against him relating to trafficking in circumvention devices and conspiracy to do the same. Further Reading Console hackers are shocked after DOJ arrests prominent mod-chip makersBowser, a 51-year-old Canadian national who went by the handle GaryOPA online, was arrested last year in the Dominican Republic before being extradited to the United States.
