A master forger faced jail this week over a near-£900,000 DVD and CD scam uncovered by Wolverhampton Trading Standards officers in the UK.

Steven Adams illegally copied almost 30,000 game, film, music and business software discs and sold them through a website and at computer fairs in the Midlands and North West of England.

The 38-year-old is reckoned to have made more than £180,000 from the counterfeit operation that cost the DVD and CD industry at least £885,000 in lost sales.

He was originally picked up by trading standards officers at a computer fair at in April 2006, but continued to pirate discs for two years as inquiries continued.

Adams admitted 41 breaches of trademark legislation over a three-year period up to May of this year. He also pleaded guilty to three charges of having DVD and CD duplicating towers.

He was remanded in custody until next month for pre-sentence and medical reports but was told by Judge John Warner; “This is not to determine whether you should be imprisoned but to help decide for how long you should be detained.”

Few facts were given to the court yesterday but the full details of the case are likely to be revealed during the next appearance of Adams which is scheduled to take place on August 29.

Story filed 10.07.08