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    Man sentenced in TV card sharing fraud

    Gavin Gray, 25, was sentenced after pleading guilty to four charges of fraud and offences under the Copyright Designs Patents Act 1988.

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    FACT and Police Scotland crack down on UK wide illegal TV stream scam

    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.

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    Police Scotland and FACT take co-ordinated action against alleged TV subscriptions scam

    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 [...]

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  • HMRC, Police Scotland and FACT undertake joint operation

    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 [...]

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    £16,000 worth of counterfeit DVDs seized by police in Inverness

    Counterfeit DVDs worth £16,000 have been seized by police in Inverness. The intelligence-led operation with officers from the community investigation unit of Police Scotland’s Highland and Islands Division seized over 800 fake copyright DVDs [...]

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  • Counterfeit DVDs seized in joint operation between Police Scotland and FACT

    A joint operation, led by officers from Police Scotland and involving officers from the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), has resulted in the seizure of thousands of counterfeit DVDs in [...]

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  • Fake DVD haul worth £439,000 seized in Glasgow’s Barras market police raid

    A haul of counterfeit DVDs worth £439,000 have been seized after a police raid at Glasgow’s Barras market. Officers from Police Scotland, Glasgow Trading Standards and the Federation Against Copyright [...]

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