Steven Hale, a former employee of a DVD manufacturing company, has pleaded guilty to leaking over 1,000 Blu-ray discs and DVDs to unauthorized platforms. Hale’s alleged actions, which included stealing pre-release copies of major films, have led to significant financial losses for movie studios, according to the FBI.
Hale’s crimes spanned between 2021 and 2022, during which he is believed to have leaked major films such as Spider-Man: No Way Home, Encanto, Sing 2, The Matrix: Resurrections, and Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The FBI alleged that the Spider-Man movie was copied