Illegal IPTV box supplier jailed for four years
Read More →Following the first legal case involving illegal IPTV boxes a man has been jailed for four years. Terry O’Reilly was sentenced to four years in prison and a second supplier Will O’Leary pleaded guilty and received a two-year suspended sentence.
Suppliers of illegal Premier League broadcasts ordered to pay £1 million
Read More →Two fraudsters who supplied illegal broadcasts of Premier League football have been ordered to pay back £1 million following a confiscation hearing.
FACT and Police Scotland crack down on UK wide illegal TV stream scam
Read More →Officers from FACT and Police Scotland executed two search warrants at addresses in Glasgow as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal TV boxes to hundreds of licensed premises.
Surrey Pub Company found guilty of illegally showing Sky Sports and ordered to pay out over £120,000
Read More →A Surrey pub company has been found guilty of illegally airing Sky Sports and ordered to pay a record £120,600 in fines following an investigation by FACT.
Multi Agency Operation Against Pirated TV Set Top Boxes Leads to Six Arrests
Read More →FACT was involved in a day of action to disrupt the sales of TV boxes which have been illegally modified to stream pirated movies and sports.
FACT secures record fine for illegal Sky broadcasts
Read More →Pub company Sheldon Inns Ltd has been ordered to pay a record £23,907 in fines and costs for illegally showing Sky Sports following a prosecution by FACT.
Publicans Speak Out Against Unauthorised Screening of Live Sport
Read More →Pubs show frustration towards unscrupulous licensees and support action taken against them Landlords and licensees have spoken out against the unauthorised screening of live sport, claiming that it goes against [...]
Police Scotland and FACT take co-ordinated action against alleged TV subscriptions scam
Read More →A number of addresses in Scotland were searched on Friday (10 July) by officers from Police Scotland, assisted by the Federation Against Copyright Theft, in relation to suspected Intellectual Property [...]
Set-top boxes seized during Walsall fraud raid
Read More →Dozens of electronic items including suspected illegal set-top boxes have been seized from a Walsall flat during a warrant this morning (30 June). The items were located after a joint [...]
HMRC, Police Scotland and FACT undertake joint operation
Read More →Five properties in The Lothians and Fife, the registered addresses for around 1,500 companies, were searched yesterday morning by officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The searches are part [...]
Suspended prison sentence for illegal website owner
Read More →Kieron Sharp, FACT Director General, said: ‘This is a groundbreaking case, proving conclusively that operating a website that rebroadcasts copyrighted works without permission is a criminal offence.’ Full story [...]
