T . ▁Ell is ▁III ▁in ▁Alexand ria , ▁Virginia . ▁He ▁was ▁told , ▁" You ▁extended ▁your ▁hand ▁into ▁the ▁po ckets ▁of ▁these ▁people ," ▁and ▁that , ▁" If ▁severe ▁pen alt ies ▁were ▁not ▁attached , ▁people ▁would ▁line ▁up ▁from ▁here ▁to ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁to ▁do ▁what ▁you ' ve ▁done ." ▁ ▁D anny ▁Fer rer ▁claimed ▁to ▁the ▁judge ▁that ▁he ▁started ▁s elling ▁the ▁software ▁to ▁pay ▁for ▁a ▁feed ing ▁t ube ▁for ▁his ▁sick ▁wife , ▁but , ▁" there ▁was ▁probably ▁a ▁certain ▁amount ▁of ▁gre ed ." ▁He ▁was ▁soon ▁conv icted ▁of ▁consp i racy ▁and ▁copy right ▁in fr ing ement , ▁sent enced ▁to ▁six ▁years ▁in ▁prison , ▁and ▁ordered ▁to ▁pay ▁more ▁than ▁$ 4 . 1 ▁million ▁in ▁rest itution ▁to ▁the ▁dam aged ▁companies . ▁He ▁was ▁taken ▁into ▁cust ody ▁at ▁Cole man ▁Federal ▁Cor re ction al ▁Fac ility ▁in ▁Florida ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁Pro sec utors ▁said ▁the ▁illegal ▁sales ▁cost ▁the ▁software ▁companies ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁$ 2 0 ▁million , ▁but ▁industry ▁represent atives ▁said ▁the ▁amount ▁could ▁be ▁higher . ▁" This ▁is ▁the ▁ult imate ▁case ," ▁pro sec utor ▁Jay ▁V . ▁P rab hu ▁said ▁in ▁court . ▁" This ▁is ▁a ▁case ▁where ▁someone ▁made ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁money ." ▁ ▁D anny ▁Fer rer ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁reduced ▁sentence ▁for ▁his ▁co operation ▁with ▁the ▁F