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After being on the run for two years one of the four co-founders and spokesperson for the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay was arrested in a rural area near Malmö, Sweden. According to Carolina Ekeus of the Swedish National Police Board, Peter Sunde also known as Brokep, was facing an outstanding sentence of eight months in prison and a 46 million Swedish crowns ($6.9 million) fine for violating copyright laws brought upon by the Supreme Court in 2012.

Peter Sunde was one of the four co-founders of The Pirate Bay website and has been wanted by Interpol since being sentenced in 2012, along with the other 3 co-founds of the website.

“We have been looking for him since 2012,” Reuters quoted spokeswoman at the Swedish National Police Board Carolina Ekeus as saying. “He was given eight months in jail so he has to serve his sentence.”

The Supreme Court initially sentenced all four individuals connected to The Pirate Bay to 1 year in prison and a fine of 32 million crowns ($4.8 million); However, following an appeal in 2010 the sentences were reduced by different amounts and the fine was increased to 46 million Swedish crowns ($6.9 million).

There are reports that claim Sunde was living in Berlin, Germany for the past couple of years, but would trek to Sweden to visit family members.

On June 1st, 2014 Swedish police, local law enforcement, and the Polish police collaborated on a task to track down criminal fugitives carried out a raid at a farm in Skåne where Sunde was located and taken into custody.

Of the four Pirate Bay co-founders only Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström has completed their prison sentences. The fourth defendant, Fredrik Neij remains a fugitive and currently resides in Asia.