First PS3 Jailbreaker Arrested In South Africa

GusGous writes "South African newspaper Beeld reports that the first person known to be arrested for jailbreaking the Playstation 3 was arrested in Parktown, Johannesburg today. This raid was conducted by the South African Police Service's Commercial Crime Unit, after receiving criminal complaints from the South African Federation Against Copyright Theft (SAFACT). Members of the police were assisted by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) Computer Forensics Lab. The police confiscated goods of around R100 000 (14000 USD)." See also this story in Afrikaans; Google translation.

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[zget]

Ah, such an over sensationalist title and summary again. It makes it sound like the person was arrested for merely jailbreaking PS3. He was a Pakistani man who was copying and selling those copied games and jailbreaking devices.

Various state of the art computers, circumvention software packages, jailbreak USB devices, PS3 consoles as well as hard-drives were seized during the raid. In addition documentation, fake PS2 games and original PS3 games, believed to be employed as master copies, were also seized.

Information is received about a man who in Parktown Jailbreak software loaded on consoles and games sold stolen.

Slashdot at its best.