O F F I C I A L U S E O N L Y DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ICE REPORT OF INVESTIGATION CONTINUATION PAGE 3 CASE NUMBER **REDACTED (b)(2)High, (k)(2)** REPORT NUMBER: 022 **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** was just a regular user. After obtaining a server from FUSED NETWORK, **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** became an uploader. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** identified the following people as running the ET website: **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** and **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** or **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)**. It was one of these people who offered to provide content to **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** for him to seed to the ET website. The main reason **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** obtained the server was to provide a better transfer connections to increase his ratio. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** was also a member of the TVTorrent and TVSwarm websites. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** is aware of the warez scene, but was not involved directly. After becoming an uploader, **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** joined the ET IRC channel. It was here that the uploaders would discuss some things but mostly they communicated through private messages. When there was content that he liked and needed to be seeded, it would be transferred via FTP to his server. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** believed **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** to be running the site based on IRC chat conversations they had. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** also was positive the website would never be taken down due to its location overseas. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** has access to a zero day dumpsite and provided content to others. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** was another uploader who had really good connections to the warez groups. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** was the one who approached **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** about being an uploader, and **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** actually promoted him to administrator. In chat, people would list what content that had available for others to seed, and if someone was interested, they would respond to the message. The person who had the file would then FTP it to the person who showed interest in the file. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** was only interested in video games and movies that he liked. All of the content he uploaded was obtained from other people, and just about all of it was released from known groups. These groups were known release groups who had their own dumpsites. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** was running an FTP server on his computer, and had created accounts for three people to access his server. There were approximately 50 titles of content uploaded to server. Around the end of_Apri1 2005, **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** decided to stop participating in ET and to stop uploading content. This decision was because he wanted to spend more time with his business, was getting bored with the whole thing, and saw that other sites were being shut down by the MPAA. Just prior to his decision, on April 16, 2005 his server at Fused Networks was taken offline. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** believed that the MPAA somehow got access to the ET website and collected information on the uploaders. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** was so positive that he stopped uploading content three to four weeks before the raid. and also stopped downloading around that same time. He continued to be on the IRC chat channels, but never turned on logging on his chat client. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** was asked to provide any information he had on o ET members. **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** believed that **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** lived in **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** and **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** worked for a **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** **REDACTED (b)(6), (b)(7)c, (k)(2)** attempted to get people to pay O F F I C I A L U S E O N L Y THIS DOCUMENT IS LOANED TO YOU FR OFFICIAL USE ONLY AND REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ICE. AND FURTHER REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN SHOULD BE REFERRED TO ICE HEADQUARTERS TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT. ICE.000030.2011FOIA904