2023-05-31 20:06:29
Five men have been sentenced to prison for operating a pirated IPTV service in the UK. The platform, known as “Flawless TV“, illegally broadcast the games of the Premier League, one of the main football championships in the world for more than 50 thousand viewers. According to BCC News, the scheme involved an amount of approximately R$45 million between 2016 and 2021.
Five men arrested for pirated IPTV
Service users paid a monthly fee equivalent to BRL 63and had access to more than 300 channels that might be watched on mobile devices or Smart TVs. In addition, pirate service operators offered support and customer service 24 hours a day.
Among those investigated are Mark Gould, 36 years old, leader of the operation and sentenced to 11 years in prison, while the other members of the criminal group received sentences of 3 to 5 years. During the operation, authorities discovered that one of those involved, Christopher Felvus, also 36, had images potentially related to child abuse on his computer.
According to the authorities, they were found 20 to 30 decoders used in the operation of Flawless TV. In addition, the investigation obtained a list of several people who paid for the illegal service. It is still unclear whether these people using the pirated service will face any kind of penalty, not least because some may not have known that Flawless TV was an illegal IPTV platform.
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