Man arrested for fraud, money laundering in Sky pirate operation
A Sky television retail outlet in Manchester, England as it appeared in April 2022.
A 52-year-old British man was arrested by local police on suspicion of fraud and money laundering in connection with an illegal broadcast operation involving programming from Sky television.
The man, who was not named, was detained by police in the northeast England town of Stockton-on-Tees following a raid on a business there.
According to investigators, the business is believed to be connected to a large-scale pirate TV operation in which copyrighted programming from Sky’s pay services were distributed illegally through the Internet.
The police operation was organized by the North East Regional Organized Crime Unit (Nerocu). A spokesperson claimed illegal streaming TV services “help fund wider organized crime such as human trafficking, child sexual exploitation, drug supply and other sinister crimes,” though the agency offered no specific evidence to support this.
Still, Nerocu Detective Sergeant James Woodcock...
A 52-year-old British man was arrested by local police on suspicion of fraud and money laundering in connection with an illegal broadcast operation involving programming from Sky television.
The man, who was not named, was detained by police in the northeast England town of Stockton-on-Tees following a raid on a business there.
According to investigators, the business is believed to be connected to a large-scale pirate TV operation in which copyrighted programming from Sky’s pay services were distributed illegally through the Internet.
The police operation was organized by the North East Regional Organized Crime Unit (Nerocu). A spokesperson claimed illegal streaming TV services “help fund wider organized crime such as human trafficking, child sexual exploitation, drug supply and other sinister crimes,” though the agency offered no specific evidence to support this.
Still, Nerocu Detective Sergeant James Woodcock...
- 6/6/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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