A group that provided 2 million people with a cheap way to connect to multiple paid streaming services such as Netflix is arrested
Eleven suspects have been arrested for providing illegal access to streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO for massive piracy. The group operated more than 50 servers and provided services to more than 2 million people.
Eurojust supports new major crackdown on fraud with pay TV
Illegal Netflix, Amazon Streamers Cut Off After European Arrests --Bloomberg
Criminal organizations were primarily based in Spain and snooped on streaming service communications to get customers to watch content at prices well below market prices. The activity started in 2014, and the server installed in Poland processed payments using PayPal, virtual currency, and bank transfer.
From 2019, Spanish authorities will begin investigating both illegal sales of sporting event programs and money laundering, expanding the scope to illegal access to paid streaming services. The Swedish authorities have been investigating since 2017, and this time, the authorities of Spain, Sweden, Denmark and Germany have been arrested all at once.
The search targets were 15 bases in various European countries. A total of 50 servers have been shut down in Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and the Czech Republic, as well as 4.8 million euros (about 584 million) including luxury cars, jewelry, cash and virtual currencies. Yen) has been seized, and the bank account with 1.1 million euros (about 133 million yen) left has also been frozen. It is estimated that the amount of money earned from activities for more than five years is 15 million euros (about 1,825 million yen).
Such illegal streaming viewing has become a problem throughout Europe, and investigative and judicial authorities in each country are cooperating with the European Union's specialized organizations such as the European Judicial Organization and the Europol. 'Jet flicks', which was caught in August 2019, was one of this kind of service.
On the 'Netflix-like pirated distribution site', far more works were distributed than the original Netflix --GIGAZINE
In the March 2019 case, five people were arrested in a joint investigation in Spain, Denmark and the United Kingdom, and 66 servers were shut down. The organization has been active since 2013 and is reported to have earned 8 million euros (about 973 million yen).
Fraud in Spain: Spanish police bust Europe's largest illegal TV streaming service | News | EL PAÍS in English
https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2019/03/22/inenglish/1553254400_977205.html
In September 2019, 200 servers went offline and about 150 PayPal accounts used for illegal subscriptions were frozen.
Police across Europe raid illegal streaming service platforms
https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2019/09/18/police-across-europe-raid-illegal-streaming-service-platforms/
It is said that the price of the video streaming service is cheaper than that of cable TV even in Europe, but there are cases where a single service does not cover the content you want to watch, so if you make multiple contracts, you will end up. It is believed that many users are using these illegal services because they are expensive.
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