UK man who ran an operation offering illegal access to Premier League football has received a suspended 8-month prison sentence
Read More →Peter DILWORTH, aged 36, from Wirral, Merseyside, who operated a service offering illegal access to sports and entertainment content, has received an 8-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. Dilworth [...]
£258,000 confiscation order for supplier of illegal streaming devices
Read More →Today at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Michael Hornung, 38, formerly of Hyde, Greater Manchester was ordered in his absence to pay £258,642.95 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. [...]
Kieron Sharp comments on the dangers of illegal Monza Grand Prix streaming
Read More →One of the most anticipated Formula 1 races of the year, the Monza Grand Prix, takes place on Sunday 11 September. The famous racetrack, which is celebrating its centenary, is already sold-out [...]
FACT launches new anti-piracy campaign ‘Costs you more than you think’ across the UK & Ireland
Read More →FACT launches online and social media campaign that highlights the dangers of illegal streaming and how illegal streaming and downloads could cost you more than you think. Illegal streaming [...]
Illicit streaming fraudsters jailed
Read More →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 [...]
IPTV service disrupted as part of illegal streaming crackdown
Read More →Worcester Trading Standards officers aided by West Mercia Police, in partnership with FACT and BT, executed a warrant on Tuesday 14 December as part of the continuing fight against illegal [...]
Thirty months’ imprisonment for pirate software developer
Read More →In what is understood to be the first conviction of its type in the UK, a man who created and built a software package which enabled illegal access to BT [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]













