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'Dodgy' Fire Stick raids in 17 areas as users face 12 months jail and £50,000 fine
Authorities have targeted 17 UK regions and issued 13 legal warnings in Ireland to combat illegal Fire Stick streaming, with fines up to £50,000 warned by FACT.
- Police forces and fraud prevention units targeted users of modified Amazon Fire Sticks across Greater Manchester and extended into Ireland with 13 legal warnings to unauthorised IPTV providers.
- Modified 'jailbroken' Fire Sticks operate by using Kodi to bypass subscriptions, giving unauthorised access to premium providers such as Sky, BT Sport, Disney+ and Netflix.
- Authorities warn that both sellers and users face penalties including 50,000 for using jailbroken Fire Sticks, with Jonathan Edge receiving a 40-month sentence, FACT and National Trading Standards said.
- As a result of raids and legal notices, authorities have terminated services, removed social media accounts, cancelled memberships and Amazon's newest Fire Stick blocks side-loading and restricts downloads to the Amazon Appstore.
- Investigations will continue through the new year, with the Premier League, Sky and FACT estimating almost five million individuals across the UK have accessed illegal sports broadcasts.
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Warning to 'dodgy' Fire Stick users as crackdown targets 17 areas including North East
Modified devices allow users to access premium channels without paying - and police and anti-fraud squads have been cracking down with raids and legal warnings across regions
·Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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