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'Dodgy' Fire Stick users warned of 'serious consequences' as man jailed for 6 years

On Thursday, August 27, Milan Ibrahim, 68, of Chorley, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison at Preston Crown Court after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud.
Ibrahim operated a business using 80 servers that redistributed broadcasts from BBC, ITV, Sky, and the Premier League, generating nearly £1 million over three years by selling unauthorized IPTV subscriptions.
Investigation officer Emma Slater of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit at the City of London Police said selling such services breaches Section 11 of the Fraud Act 2006.
BeStreamWise warned users risk "letting criminals in," reporting that around 39% of illegal streamers in the UK suffered financial losses, with one in ten losing more than £5,000 to cybercrime.
Premier League Director of Legal- Enforcement Stefan Sergot called the sentence a "significant outcome," while Nick Sumner of the Federation Against Copyright Theft warned "running an illegal streaming service is a criminal offence.

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