30 years in prison for pirate IPTV operators

A group of five operating a pirate IPTV service with 50,000 subscribers in the UK, he was Sentenced to more than 30 years in prison, plus. British justice announced the verdict on Tuesday (30).

The main product of the platform, called “Perfect TV”, was Premier League matches. Users watched all the matches in the UK championship, paying a subscription for less than legalized services.

For £10 per month, equivalent to R$62.50 on a daily rate, subscribers also qualify for extensive content covering more than 300 channels accessible from mobile devices and smart TVs. Flawless TV even had 24/7 customer service.

The Premier League game bundle was sold for between £60 and £80 (R$375 to R$500) per month by the channels holding the broadcast rights at the time. It didn’t take long for publishers and championship organizers to sue the vendors of the pirated service.

millionaire profit

Even if it only operates for 22 months, British pirate IPTV operators £3.7m, approximately 23 million BRL. Most of the profits, £1.7m, went to group boss Mark Gould, who also received the heaviest sentence: 11 years in prison.

Steven Gordon, who remained with £1 million, and Peter Jolley, who were each sentenced to 5 years and 2 months in prison with £773,000, were also part of the group. The other two members were Christopher Felvus (£164,500 profit, 3 years and 11 months in prison) and William Brown (£15,000 profit, 4 years 9 nine months in prison).