Two arrested as part of illegal IPTV crackdown
Read More →Leicestershire Police officers yesterday (Monday 29 November) executed a warrant as part of a crackdown on illegal streaming services. Police visited an address in Oadby and two people – a [...]
Matze Knop discovers the harsh realities of illegal sports streams
Read More →Too good to be true: Comedian and football fan Matze Knop turns to cybersecurity expert Felix Friedrich to learn about the dangers of illegal sport streaming sites. In a new [...]
Two-year sentence handed down to eBay fraudster
Read More →Westminster City Council’s Trading Standards team, working in partnership with FACT, have secured a prosecution against an eBay user who was selling internet protocol television (IPTV) devices online. IPTV devices [...]
Jimmy Bullard gets schooled on grim reality of illegal streaming, including extreme pop-ups, malware, scams and hacking
Read More →Former Premier League footballer Jimmy Bullard given harsh lesson on the risks of piracy by cyber security expert Jamie Woodruff. In a new FACT campaign, Jimmy Bullard has been given [...]
Major illegal streaming network dismantled by West Midlands Police operation
Read More →Top UK content provider targeted by police raids Suspects, who were allegedly providing illegal access to content to more than 100 separate pirate TV services, were arrested at the scene [...]
FACT and Sky Highlight Dangers of Illegal Streaming to Licensees
Read More →With the football season back in full swing, Sky and FACT are working together to warn licensees of the dangers of unscrupulous suppliers who may be approaching them with low-cost, [...]
Suppliers of illegal streaming services targeted in UK-wide FACT initiative
Read More →In the past week FACT investigators and police officers from Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, West Yorkshire Police and Dyfed-Powys Police have visited addresses across the UK to serve Cease [...]
Illegal streaming service shut down and man arrested
Read More →A West Mercia police operation working closely with FACT have arrested a man in Shrewsbury in connection with suspected illegal streaming of premium television channels, and other copyrighted material. A [...]
Man jailed for illegally supplying and viewing Premier League content
Read More →A UK man who ran an operation offering illegal access to Premier League football has been jailed for 16 months. Mr Paul Faulkner appeared in front of Liverpool Crown Court [...]
RAF Corporal convicted of conspiracy to defraud
Read More →A serving Corporal in the Royal Air Force (RAF) who sold illegal services which provided access to premium sport, TV and films has been sentenced to ten months imprisonment, suspended [...]
FACT webinar – Production and Piracy: Trends and Tips
Read More →Whilst film production has had to adapt to the restrictions posed by COVID-19, demand for content is at an all-time high. That also means many people are resorting to finding [...]
Three in five consumers unaware of the hidden dangers of piracy: fraud, malware and identity theft
Read More →62% of people in the UK unwittingly putting themselves and their new gadgets at risk through piracy New research commissioned by FACT has shown that three out of five people [...]
