Man who sold £100k fake DVDs online sentenced to two years
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.
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Online movie release group sentenced to over 17 years
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
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
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 Epsom was found guilty on 13 different counts under the Trade Marks Act, Fraud Act and Proceeds of Crime Act after being stopped in his … Continued
Cammer sentenced to 33 months imprisionment
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. On the 17th May 2013 Philip Danks went to the Showcase cinema in Walsall and used a camcorder to record ‘Fast and Furious 6’, the … Continued
EIGHT MONTH JAIL SENTENCE AND £71,000 CONFISCATION FOR COUNTERFEITER
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 Crown for sentencing and for the imposition of a Proceeds of Crime Act order on Friday 17th January , having previously pleaded guilty to an … Continued
Fraudster jailed for running football website
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 Court on Thursday (31 October), having pleaded guilty to offences of fraud at a hearing in September. Broughton, of Tummon Road, Sheffield, developed and ran … Continued
Penryn man running ‘cottage industry’ in fake DVDs and CDs jailed for a year
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 for producing and distributing the illegal copies when he appeared at Truro Crown Court after earlier admitting the charge to magistrates. Full story here: http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Penryn-man-running-cottage-industry-fake-DVDs-CDs/story-19744749-detail/story.html
London pirate DVD trader jailed for 18 months
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 Road, Bermondsey London SE1. Mr David Cox, 50, from Bermondsey, was sentenced on 11 December 2012 at the Inner London Crown Court after pleading guilty to six … Continued
Four year prison sentence for illegal website owner
A website owner who created and ran one of the world’s most popular pirate websites has been sentenced to four years imprisonment today at Newcastle Crown Court. Anton Vickerman, age 38, set up the website surfthechannel in 2007 with the aim of being a ‘one stop’ destination for illegal copies of films and television programmes. … Continued