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 [...]
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-year sentence handed down to eBay fraudster
Read More →Westminster City Council’s Trading Standards team, working in partnership with FACT, have secured a prosecution against an eBay user who was selling internet protocol television (IPTV) devices online. IPTV devices [...]
Major illegal streaming network dismantled by West Midlands Police operation
Read More →Top UK content provider targeted by police raids Suspects, who were allegedly providing illegal access to content to more than 100 separate pirate TV services, were arrested at the scene [...]
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 [...]
Three in five consumers unaware of the hidden dangers of piracy: fraud, malware and identity theft
Read More →62% of people in the UK unwittingly putting themselves and their new gadgets at risk through piracy New research commissioned by FACT has shown that three out of five people [...]
Thousands of subscribers to illegal streaming service warned by police
Read More →More than 7000 residents, believed to have been using an illegal TV streaming service, are set to receive warning notices this week from Lancashire Police. The Police cyber-crime unit is [...]
Thousands of subscribers to illegal streaming service warned by police
Read More →Norfolk and Suffolk Constabulary have taken the unprecedented step of issuing individual warning notices to thousands of consumers believed to have been using an illegal TV streaming service.
Two-year prison sentence for man convicted of selling illegal streaming devices
Read More →A man who pleaded guilty to supplying set-top-boxes which illegally provided access to premium pay TV content has been jailed for two years, in the latest in a series of actions designed to crackdown on illegal streaming.
FACT warning ahead of the return of pay per view boxing
Read More →Boxing fans are being warned that the game is up when it comes to illegal streaming. More and more effective action is being taken to shut down illegal streams, and enforcement and legal action is increasingly being taken against those providing access.
