• Illicit streaming fraudsters jailed

    FACT instigated investigation leads to over 10 years total prison sentences  Hampshire County Council Trading Standards and FACT have welcomed a successful outcome in the courts relating to the illegal [...]

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    Seller of illicit streaming devices ordered to pay over £500,000

    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’. [...]

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    Seller of illegal streaming services ordered to pay over £10,000

    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 [...]

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    £13,000 recovered from convicted trader after re-offending

    The Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) has secured the repayment of more than £13,000 from William Marston, a convicted trader, after he had evaded payment for over two years.

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  • Suppliers of illegal Premier League broadcasts ordered to pay £1 million

    Two fraudsters who supplied illegal broadcasts of Premier League football have been ordered to pay back £1 million following a confiscation hearing.

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  • £213,000 in criminal assets seized from counterfeiter

    Criminal assets worth £213,166.09 have been taken during a Proceeds of Crime confiscation proceeding after a large-scale, international counterfeiting operation was uncovered. Luton Crown Court on 13 January took the [...]

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  • £67,500 confiscated from counterfeit DVD seller

    At Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday (8th August), a Confiscation Order for £67,500 was made against Satnam Panesar (DOB 21-03-1971). Panesar, from Newton Mearns, Glasgow, had previously pled guilty to infringing [...]

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