According to reports, movie release group IMAGiNE have been busted and their private BitTorrent tracker taken offline. The leader of release group EP1C, who declared war on IMAGiNE earlier in the year, told TorrentFreak that nine individuals were arrested following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement "joint operation."
At the end of July 2011, the admin of XtremeSpeeds.net, a private BitTorrent tracker, reported that his house had been raided by the authorities. He said that he was questioned under suspicion of being part of IMAGiNE, one of the leading P2P release groups.
Although the XS admin denied begin connected, he did admit renting out a server to "a guy who rented it out," a suggestion that he perhaps had suspicions about potential connections, intended or otherwise.
XtremeSpeeds then disappeared completely and a promised August update from the site's admin never materialized. What followed was an information black-hole, a common feature of ongoing piracy investigations where authorities aren't yet ready to shout about their achievements and lawyers advise their clients to keep their mouths shut.
Now the rumor mill is turning again. According to reports, IMAGiNE
At the end of July 2011, the admin of XtremeSpeeds.net, a private BitTorrent tracker, reported that his house had been raided by the authorities. He said that he was questioned under suspicion of being part of IMAGiNE, one of the leading P2P release groups.
Although the XS admin denied begin connected, he did admit renting out a server to "a guy who rented it out," a suggestion that he perhaps had suspicions about potential connections, intended or otherwise.
XtremeSpeeds then disappeared completely and a promised August update from the site's admin never materialized. What followed was an information black-hole, a common feature of ongoing piracy investigations where authorities aren't yet ready to shout about their achievements and lawyers advise their clients to keep their mouths shut.
Now the rumor mill is turning again. According to reports, IMAGiNE