Two brothers, Gilberto Felix and Julio Felix, were sentenced to 14 and 10 years in prison respectively for running a $1.2 million check fraud ring and pirating DirecTV satellite programming. An investigation uncovered that they obtained hundreds of fake IDs to write thousands of fraudulent checks, selling items purchased on eBay to launder over $360,000. They also reprogrammed DirecTV cards to illegally access over $600,000 of programming. In total, 18 people have pleaded guilty for their involvement in the vast scheme.