It's definitely true (Score 1)

Try looking at his website on www.archive.org. Krvaric had it blocked within a few days of the story on rawstory being picked up and talked about on some local San Diego forums. There are also old pics of Krvaric as Strider that are clearly the same guy. After he founded Fairlight, his "legitimate" business was to sell devices to make illegal copies of games. There are strong indications that at a minimum he maintained ties to Fairlight until very recently, if he wasn't actively involved. What I am much more interested in is how an immigrant born in Sweden of immigrant Croatian parents, becomes the head of the Republican party in the 7ty largest city in the US only 4 years after being a naturalized citizen. The man has been eligible to vote in exactly 1 presidential election. There is a much bigger story here than whether you think it was cool or not that he dabbled (at the very least) in the warez scene.