Smyrna, Tennessee Businessman Pleads Guilty in Satellite
Television Piracy Case (February 20, 2003) DOJ Seal February 20,
2003  U.S. Department of United States Attorney James K. Vines
Middle District of Tennessee 110 9th Avenue South Suite A-961
Nashville, Tennessee 37203-3870 Phone: (615) 736-5151 Fax: (615)
736-5323 Contact: Byron M. Jones Assistant U.S. Attorney  Smyrna
Businessman Pleads Guilty in Satellite Piracy Case
     Nashville, Tennessee - February 20 , 2003 - James K. Vines,
United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee,
announced that J. Jason Tolleson, 30, of Smyrna, Tennessee,
entered a plea of guilty in federal court today to charges that
he conspired with others to commit mail fraud and to manufacture
and sell unauthorized satellite television decryption devices,
and that he structured monetary transactions to avoid currency
transaction reporting requirements.       Tolleson faces up to
five years imprisonment on each charge, a possible fine of as
much as $6.9 million, restitu