(CNN) -- A Chinese man captured by federal agents in 2011 has pleaded guilty in a federal court for pirating copyrighted software worth more than $100 million, officials of ICE announced Tuesday. Xiang Li, 36, of Chengdu will be sentenced May 3, by a judge in Wilmington, Delaware, and could receive a sentence of up to 25 years. Authorities last April disclosed that Li had been captured by agents of Homeland Security Investigations in Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. "Li mistakenly thought he was safe ... hiding halfway around the world in cyberspace anonymity," ICE Director John Morton said Tuesday.
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Xiang Li was charged with pirating software worth more than $100 million
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He faces sentencing in May and could receive up to 25 years in prison
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An alleged co-conspirator is believed to be in Chengdu, China
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Officials say the men were indicted by a @placeholder grand jury on charges of software piracy and illegally exporting technology to China.