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More than 2,300 people in Alicante, Malaga and elsewhere in Spain subscribed to the illegal UK-based scheme
The National Police have arrested a man in Denia who allegedly sold pirated premium UK TV services to more than 2,300 subscribers and defrauded legitimate providers out of over 210,000 euros.
According to police, the 'cybercriminal' offered the TV services through an infrastructure administered from the UK, and potential customers were targeted in Alicante and Malaga "where all the money the detainee allegedly received for supplying audiovisual content illegally converged".
Investigators detected the arrestees presence on an instant messaging app dedicated to the illegal supply of paid TV channels, an app that had been downloaded more than 50,000 times.
The cybercriminal reportedly had "a high degree of technological specialisation and had created a technological infrastructure through which this offence was committed which was remotely administered from the United Kingdom". The illegal services were promoted through web pages which displayed various viewing packages at prices much lower than the official multimedia suppliers.
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