Police and FACT Raids Target “£3 Million” Pirate TV Operation

[alimac]

UK police and Trading Standards officers, with assistance from anti-piracy outfit FACT, have conducted raids targeting a pirate TV operation. Shop premises and homes were searched and equipment worth an alleged £100k was seized. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of fraud.

Piracy of TV content is an extremely hot topic at the moment, with IPTV and often associated card-sharing systems proving a huge thorn in the sides of content owners and broadcasters alike.
The latest news comes in the wake of raids carried out Monday in London by police, Trading Standards, and anti-piracy outfit the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).

Police and FACT Raids Target "£3 Million" Pirate TV Operation - TorrentFreak

 

[janobi]

So, who was this and what service have they taken down. Wasn't this the sort of area that Darkman used to operate within? Does he even exist anymore...

 

[StuDaBear]

Ah the Albanian brigade, I remember getting my Spiderbox of Darkman and his crew.

 

[janobi]

Ah the Albanian brigade, I remember getting my Spiderbox of Darkman and his crew.

The good old days eh! Never met Darkman, just remember his threats... Was he Albanian then?

 

[Ferret]

The good old days eh! Never met Darkman, just remember his threats... Was he Albanian then?

He is yeah.

Did his time and is probably a rich man off the back of it.

 

[janobi]

He is yeah.

Did his time and is probably a rich man off the back of it.

I've no doubt he's pretty minted. He was running multiple servers from what I remember, and also selling the boxes.

 

[StuDaBear]

Good old service +