Gilberto Sanchez, 47, was arrested in the Bronx, N.Y. early Wednesday morning by FBI agents without incident, according to law enforcement sources. A spokeswoman from the FBI's Los Angeles field office (which led the investigation) has now confirmed the arrest.
By the time the movie was released, the pirated copy is thought to have been watched over 4 million times.
According to a copy of a grand jury indictment that was unsealed last week, Sanchez uploaded the film to file sharing network Megaupload.com under one of his online aliases, which include "theSkilled1" and "SkillyGilly." The indictment does not say how Sanchez obtained a copy of the film.
If convicted, Sanchez may face fines and a prison sentence.
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