Local News in Brief : Bogus Video Game ‘Sting’
Officials of the Atari Corp. said Monday they worked with federal agents on a “sting” operation to seize 2,000 pirated video game machines and accessories from a Canoga Park importer, the first such seizure in the United States. The target of the operation was P.S.D. Inc.
Federal authorities were unavailable for comment. But Victor Grigorian, president of P.S.D., confirmed in a telephone interview with the Associated Press that the machines imported by his company had been seized as contraband. Grigorian said he did not know the equipment was counterfeit.
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