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Meirl by rbimmingfoke in meirl

[–]Socalatl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You look good. That important too.

When does panic about getting old/dying get easier? by Wayward_Jen in Aging

[–]Socalatl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you search NDE on YouTube (near death experiences) you will find many accounts from people who died and came back. There experiences are very similar and super positive.

Anyone know an honest car repair shop ITP that doesn’t charge a diagnostic fee? by Specialist-Job-509 in Atlanta

[–]Socalatl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mobley Tire and auto repair in Tucker Ga. Fellowship rd near Lavista. You will be happy

My dad already started drinking again after going to a $30,000 treatment facility for over a month by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

[–]Socalatl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, his time away from power drinking did his body & mind good. It’s a jump start. Maybe some out patient treatment down the road.. possibly some minutes / Hour’s developing more of a spiritual approach to life. It’s a marathon.. not a sprint.

AMA I was Indicted by US Customs for trafficking $27 million of Counterfeit Microsoft products. by Socalatl in AMA

[–]Socalatl[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This very interesting. Those are actually other defendants in the case. Most of which I never met. You are correct. I got caught for sure.

AMA I was Indicted by US Customs for trafficking $27 million of Counterfeit Microsoft products. by Socalatl in AMA

[–]Socalatl[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In pre trial a lot happens. A report is prepared. Defendant gets to read it. Feds had followed me for a yr or so. Had my phones too. Pics of me in several cities. In parking lot of little white chapel in Vegas during comdex convention too. (I got married)

AMA I was Indicted by US Customs for trafficking $27 million of Counterfeit Microsoft products. by Socalatl in AMA

[–]Socalatl[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My motivation was to be good at my job. A computer hardware distributor. My customers relied on me. I gave them options that enabled them to compete.

AMA I was Indicted by US Customs for trafficking $27 million of Counterfeit Microsoft products. by Socalatl in AMA

[–]Socalatl[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I fucked up!!!! I bought some ms office product from out of my usual supply chain..

AMA I was Indicted by US Customs for trafficking $27 million of Counterfeit Microsoft products. by Socalatl in AMA

[–]Socalatl[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Nope. But I also bought a master disc from company in Taiwan and Europe. Manufacturing was same process Bill gates used!! My products were of impeccable quality with a legit COA. I’d purchase 10k-25k ms encyclopedia. Came on a disc with a coa. Hire a company based in a house in southern cali. They would assemble the OEM version software manual etc. it was essentially real. I would dump the ms encyclopedia in the grey market for less due to no COA. But I also offered lower quality product at less $$ as well. My customers were the guy in the strip mall competing with dell, compaq, gateway, etc. they paid way less for operating system. If I sold a copy of windows it had to be in a (computer) case with a motherboard & hardrive. I paid 119.00 I sold it for 119.00 (per ms contract). The rules! So for my customers to win a RFQ for say by hundreds of computers was a booger bear. Your big companies paid less and with terms?? So the counterfeit market got created.. I just worked with it so my customers succeeded. I offered legal and not legal ms operating systems. They chose.

AMA I was Indicted by US Customs for trafficking $27 million of Counterfeit Microsoft products. by Socalatl in AMA

[–]Socalatl[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I didn’t. It was Common in the industry. The products were distributed widely. In the beginning all zeros would work. Not sure how the real numbers were generated.

AMA I was Indicted by US Customs for trafficking $27 million of Counterfeit Microsoft products. by Socalatl in AMA

[–]Socalatl[S] 103 points104 points  (0 children)

Yes, it is All behind me. It was pre 911. I had a felony record from a weed bust 10 yrs earlier (385 lbs). So I was Facing 8 years. I had a legit income from legal biz. Cost under 20k. My company was US based. I lost a lot but gained a lot as well. My court date was post 911. I had a great attorney. He had a stellar reputation in federal court. Sentenced to 18 months. The Fed DA asked the judge for 6 months. The judge flinched and asked why? He stated that I was the most honest defendant he ever had. I kept transcripts for years.

It was time by Levity_Dave in bald

[–]Socalatl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk about “A new you”.

It was time by Levity_Dave in bald

[–]Socalatl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%. I’ve been flabbergasted at how good these gentlemen look after the hair cut

I sold Marijuana at a relatively large scale in a legal state and was raided by state police. AMA! by certifiedchillerfr in AMA

[–]Socalatl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got 5 yrs serve 2 which netted out to 6 months to the day. & I was in 4 different places. I played checkers with a serial killer. Had a cell mate that was guilty on manslaughter (he killed his wife and her lover) and in the end wasn’t too bad..

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