Shacknews reports that a Uruguayan pirate is stuck with a $2.5 debt to Nintendo after losing a civil suit brought on by the company. He was caught in a 2001 raid in Montevideo by the National Board of Intelligence, who seized approximately 30,000 counterfeit Nintendo products valued at more than $1 million.

“This action exemplifies Nintendo’s commitment to combat the international problem of product piracy,” said Jodi Daugherty, a director of anti-piracy at Nintendo of America. “These types of illegal operations simply will not be tolerated and Nintendo will do everything in its power to protect its business and its customers.”