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TV Card Sharing Investigation: Arrests Made in Birmingham
Monday 14 June 2010
Police Officers from North East Leeds have made two further arrests as part of an investigation into a television subscription scam known as 'card sharing'.
Officers from North East Leeds Proceeds of Crime Team executed two search warrants in Birmingham; one at a business premises on Soho Road in the Handsworth area and one at a residential address in West Bromwich.
Working alongside officers from the FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) and West Midlands Police, two people were arrested from the business premises where in excess of £17,000.00 pounds in cash was seized under legislation from the Proceeds of Crime Act.
A 32-year-old man, originally from Kurdistan, was arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation and money laundering. His partner, a 31-year-old woman from Latvia, was also arrested on suspicion of fraud by false representation.
Both have been released on bail to appear at a police station in Leeds later this year.
This latest police activity follows two arrests for 'card sharing offences' during a series of raids across Leeds in May where officers from North East Leeds seized a variety of computer equipment including six laptops, two hard drives, and a computer server.
A man and woman, both aged 35, were arrested in relation to fraud and copyright offences and remain on police bail at the present time.
The latest arrests form part of an ongoing investigation into so called 'card sharing' technology. This occurs when an individual illegally shares access to their subscription TV package through the use of broadband internet technology and charges 'customers' a nominal fee which is lower than a standard pay TV package.
TV Card Sharing Investigation: Arrests Made in Birmingham