Latest FACT news and perspectives

We’re pleased to announce that Princy Madanayake has become the newest team member at FACT, joining us to lead our Investigations team. With thirty years of experience in the Metropolitan [...]

The COVID-19 crisis has changed the way we work, communicate, shop and spend our free time. With vast numbers of people around the world staying at home, life has driven [...]

With more people than ever working remotely during these unprecedented times, ensuring that your business has digital security in place has never been so crucial. FACT Certification provides assurance that [...]

Two men have been sentenced at St Albans Crown Court after being found guilty of selling television devices which enable access to paid for services dishonestly. Thomas Tewelde from Acton, [...]

A criminal found guilty of supplying illegal streaming devices (ISDs) providing unauthorised access to Premier League content has been ordered to pay back more than £520,000, to the ‘public purse’. [...]

A man has received a 16-month prison sentence and has been ordered to pay over £10,000 after he pleaded guilty to five offences at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court. In 2019 [...]

On Wednesday 26th February FACT investigators and the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) attended an address in the North West to execute search warrants related to a significant [...]

Two men have been found guilty of selling television devices, which enabled access to paid for services dishonestly, at St Albans Crown Court, on Friday 31 January. Thomas Tewelde from [...]

On Monday 20th January 2020, Mr. Thomas Conneely of the Dick Whittington[1] was convicted in his absence of three offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission, in this case, [...]

Following a guilty plea of copyright and fraud charges earlier this year for selling subscriptions providing illegally obtained content, a man has been sentenced at Truro Crown Court.  Steven Underwood [...]

• Using a device to stream or watch TV, sports or films without an official subscription is breaking the law • Making unauthorised streams of TV, sports or films available [...]

Following an investigation by Cornwall Council Trading Standards into illegal television streaming services, a man admitted copyright and fraud charges at Truro Magistrates Court on Wednesday 20th November 2019. Steven [...]