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Related to the article... It sounds like Ron MacDonald was probably Scotsman (with some connections to Canada) Marty Mullen. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison in 2007, so probably a free man now.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/satellite-pirat...

I'm just putting together the facts though.

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Um, no. "Fred Martin" was my brother. Deceased (died in 2000 in a car accident; Used my name for that business, giving me a small claim to faim).

Ron MacDonald was also Canadian (lives in the Toronto area).

You can put together the rest on your own.

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