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Long Island’s 92-Year-Old Movie Bootlegger Is Untouchable
Hyman "Big Hy" Strachman has bootlegged some 300,000 copies of Hollywood films since 2004, shipping them all overseas, and yet the studios wouldn't dare go after him. That's because the 92-year-old World War II veteran and widower is a saint, sending all of the movies to U.S. troops in Iraq
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Bootlegger “Big Hy”
The New York Times tells the story of 92-year-old Hyman Strachman, a World War II veteran who, in 2004, reconnected with the military when he began shipping bootlegged DVDs to the troops almost as soon as the movies themselves were ... Read Post
92 year old WWII vet is DVD bootlegger who sent 300,000 pirated discs to US troops
photo: Todd Heisler/The New York Times The New York Times has a profile of Long Island resident Hyman Strachman, "a 92-year-old, 5-foot-5 World War II veteran trying to stay busy after the death of his wife." He is one of the world'... Read Post
Aww: 92-Yr-Old Man Sends Bootlegged Hollywood Movies To Troops Overseas
The NY Times has a wonderful feature on 92-year-old Massapequa, Long Island resident Hyman Strachman who devotedly sends care packages to troops overseas. And what's in the packages? Bootlegged copies of Hollywood blockbusters, whic... Read Post