£13,000 recovered from convicted trader after re-offending
Read More →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.
Five year jail sentence for operator of major illegal streaming service
Read More →Mr John Haggerty, the owner of Evolution Trading, today appeared in Newcastle Crown Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud and dishonestly obtaining services for another, contrary to the Fraud Act.
Man sentenced to 10 months in illegal sports channel broadcasts
Read More →A man has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for selling illegal TV devices and for re-offending, since being prosecuted and sentenced for the same crime in October 2016.
Man who sold £100k fake DVDs online sentenced to two years
Read More →A man who sold over £100k of counterfeit DVDs online has been sentenced to two years imprisonment following a joint operation by FACT and PIPCU.
Online movie release group sentenced to over 17 years
Read More →Five members of an underground piracy 'release group' have been jailed for more than 17 years after causing total losses in excess of £5 million.
Man jailed for more than two and half years for selling illegal TV set-top boxes
Read More →A man has been jailed for over two years after FACT and Leicestershire Police discovered he was selling hundreds of illegal TV boxes online.
Fraudster jailed for selling counterfeit DVDs online
Read More →A copyright fraudster who turned over £600,000 from selling counterfeit DVDs online has been jailed for three years today at a trial at Guildford Crown Court. Trevor Pegg, 61, of [...]
Cammer sentenced to 33 months imprisionment
Read More →A man was sentenced yesterday to 33 months imprisonment for recording a blockbuster film in a cinema, uploading it to the internet, and producing and selling copies to the public. [...]
EIGHT MONTH JAIL SENTENCE AND £71,000 CONFISCATION FOR COUNTERFEITER
Read More →A man from Wales has been jailed for eight months and ordered to hand over £71,000 he made from counterfeiting DVDs sold via the internet. Nigel Thomas appeared at Swansea [...]
Fraudster jailed for running football website
Read More →The creator of a website which illegally screened live Premiership football matches over the internet has been sent to prison for two years. Kevin Broughton was sentenced at Sheffield Crown [...]
Penryn man running ‘cottage industry’ in fake DVDs and CDs jailed for a year
Read More →A prolific counterfeiter has been jailed after brazenly ripping off thousands of movies, cds and computers games. Paul Sorren, of Permarin Road, Penryn, was sentenced to 12 months behind bars [...]
London pirate DVD trader jailed for 18 months
Read More →A trader has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after admitting making and possessing for sale almost 5,000 fake copies of DVDs from his video shop located at 6 Dunton [...]
