Software Sting Leads to Arrests, Seizures of Pirated Goods (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - After a two-year investigation, U.S. law enforcement officials have disrupted one of the largest software piracy operations in the United States with the arrest of 11 suspects in California, Washington and Texas. In the raid, FBI agents seized pirated applications valued as high as US #36;87 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California.