A Woman in Florida Was Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Windows 10 and Office Stickers!

Microsoft Certificate Case Sends Distributor To Prison

A Florida software distributor has been sentenced to federal prison after being convicted of Microsoft certificate of authenticity trafficking, a scheme that involved selling genuine software authentication labels separately from the software they were meant to accompany. Heidi Richards, 52, of Brandon, was sentenced to 22 months in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine after a jury found her guilty of conspiring to traffic in illicit Microso…

A Woman in Florida Was Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Windows 10 and Office Stickers!

You rarely hear about this kind of thing: She was sentenced to prison for stealing stickers that most people consider worthless, and not just for a month or two.   The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida announced the sentencing of Heidi Richards, a 52-year-old woman from Brandon, Florida, who was found guilty of conspiring to sell counterfeit Microsoft Certificates of Authenticity (COAs). Heidi Richards, a Brandon, Florida…