• £258,000 confiscation order for supplier of illegal streaming devices

    Today at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, Michael Hornung, 38, formerly of Hyde, Greater Manchester was ordered in his absence to pay £258,642.95 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. [...]

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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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  • Six men sentenced for Virgin Media set-top box piracy ring

    Six men have been handed prison sentences for their part in a multi-million pound piracy ring which allowed thousands of people to watch Virgin Media’s pay-TV service free of charge.

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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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