<s>
Operation	B-Application
Site	I-Application
Down	I-Application
is	O
the	O
umbrella	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
law	O
enforcement	O
initiative	O
conducted	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
 '	O
FBI	O
and	O
law	O
enforcement	O
agents	O
from	O
ten	O
other	O
countries	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
raid	O
on	O
targets	O
on	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
raid	O
consisted	O
of	O
approximately	O
70	O
searches	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
and	O
approximately	O
20	O
others	O
in	O
ten	O
other	O
countries	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
disrupt	O
and	O
dismantle	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
leading	O
Warez	B-Application
groups	O
which	O
distribute	O
and	O
trade	O
in	O
copyrighted	O
software	O
,	O
movies	O
,	O
music	O
and	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Attorney	O
's	O
Office	O
under	O
Patrick	O
Fitzgerald	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
indicting	O
nineteen	O
members	O
of	O
Risciso	B-Application
,	O
a	O
software	O
and	O
movie	O
infringement	O
ring	O
,	O
in	O
U.S.	O
District	O
Court	O
in	O
Chicago	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patel	O
,	O
through	O
his	O
friends	O
and	O
sources	O
,	O
acquired	O
major	O
groups	O
affiliates	O
such	O
as	O
Centropy	B-Application
and	O
TDA	O
(	O
The	O
Divine	O
Alcoholics	O
)	O
to	O
the	O
two	O
fed	O
topsites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FBI	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
get	O
Patel	O
's	O
address	O
because	O
he	O
sent	O
Griffen	O
some	O
motorcycle	O
stunt	O
DVDs	O
via	O
mail	O
and	O
gave	O
his	O
return	O
address	O
on	O
the	O
envelope	O
Centropy	B-Application
leader	O
,	O
who	O
went	O
by	O
the	O
alias	O
of	O
both	O
'	O
marvel	O
 '	O
and	O
'	O
cartel	O
 '	O
,	O
was	O
arrested	O
in	O
Indiana	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Centropy	B-Application
Herbie	O
release	O
was	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
pre	O
'd	O
,	O
meaning	O
that	O
even	O
though	O
the	O
Herbie	O
release	O
was	O
released	O
a	O
day	O
after	O
the	O
raids	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
available	O
on	O
topsites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
online	O
film	O
series	O
titled	O
The	B-Application
Scene	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fictional	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
actual	O
bootlegging	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gryffin	O
character	O
in	O
the	B-Application
scene	I-Application
comes	O
off	O
as	O
a	O
little	O
mysterious	O
,	O
but	O
otherwise	O
harmless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
his	O
name	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
nickname	O
of	O
the	O
actual	O
lead	O
FBI	O
agent	O
,	O
Griffen	O
,	O
responsible	O
for	O
the	O
busts	O
in	O
Operation	B-Application
Site	I-Application
Down	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jun	O
Productions	O
,	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Scene	I-Application
,	O
deny	O
all	O
accounts	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
insider	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
arrests	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
similarities	O
are	O
only	O
coincidences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
Bruce	O
Forrest	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
quoted	O
in	O
a	O
Wired	O
article	O
as	O
a	O
self-proclaimed	O
"	O
double	O
agent	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
active	O
correspondent	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Scene	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
