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 Microsoft catches up with ITAC owner
Barry Omesuh receives custodial sentence and could be forced to sell properties to pay £2.5m fine for parallel importing
Software giant Microsoft has claimed a "major victory" in its long-running piracy battle with now defunct Manchester-based sub-distributor ITAC.
ITAC managing director Barry Omesuh was given a total of seven custodial sentences at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, ranging between one and nine months, and also ordered to pay £2.5m in damages.
Included in the court order was a grant to Microsoft enabling it to sell Omesuh's properties in order to pay his debts.
Despite ITAC having to pay Microsoft £1m in damages in February 2006 for parallel importing and unlawful dealing of Microsoft software, the firm continued to trade with an unauthorised partner in the Middle East.
Omesuh was found in contempt of court for breaching court orders issued in March 2008.
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