Reports: Tea Party leader arrested on piracy charges

Reports: Tea Party leader arrested on piracy charges

A leader of a South Carolina Tea Party group has been arrested for allegedly selling pirated software, according to reports.

Anthony Trinca, 61, is accused of selling versions of Microsoft Office, Windows, Adobe Photoshop, and Rosetta Stone language programs that were counterfeit, news site TG Daily reported today, one of several outlets to write about it. Trinca, president of the Grand Strand Tea Party, was arrested after someone to whom he allegedly sold software resold some of it and refused to give a refund when a buyer insisted it was pirated, the report said.

He and his 23-year-old son, Michael, were both charged with unauthorized use or trafficking in counterfeit trademarks and were released on $50,000 bond, according to the report.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20084 ... y-charges/


Don'tcha love the banner at the top of their web-page:

"Preserving the American Way of Life
Truth - Honesty - Family - Faith"

And the family photo, shooting the finger is one of those "American Gothic" / "Kodak moments"

So, is selling pirated software one of those "truthiness/honesty/family" Teabagger values?

DAMN, I was hoping it was for wearing an eye patch and saying ARGGGHHHHH

Wily Fox aka Angela wrote: DAMN, I was hoping it was for wearing an eye patch and saying ARGGGHHHHH

Bummer, Angela posted this before I could.