A Riverside man was arrested in Rubidoux after he tried to sell a counterfeit copy of the popular new operating system Windows 7 to undercover agents, authorities said.
Omar Montoya, 38 was selling counterfeit software when investigators from Jurupa Valley Station were tipped off to the crime, according to the press release. The investigator made contact with Montoya, seized his 141 CDs and DVDs but made no arrest. It was when Montoya decided to come back to the same location and sell again that police arrested him and seized an additional 35 copies along with the source computer used to counterfeit the copies.
The software included Photoshop 7, Windows 7, Office 7, Mac 10.4, Encyclopedia Britannica, several games and movies.
The estimated retail value of the seized CDs and DVDs was $15,000.
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