man arrested in wigan

[viz1]

Is this old or new news....
Does anyone know what boxes he was selling????
poor bloke got 8 years for 400,000 pounds of theft.... bit harsh..?

[Ph@ntom]

Originally Posted by viz1

Is this old or new news....
Does anyone know what boxes he was selling????
poor bloke got 8 years for 400,000 pounds of theft.... bit harsh..?

can you show any Links to this

[50pounds]

i have found this

i think its old news before N3!!

POSTED THE 28TH MARCH 2008



POLICE have warned people against buying illegal digital TV set-top boxes in Wigan after more than 250 were seized.

Working with Virgin Media, police arrested a man at the Wigan Computer Fair on Wednesday, March 12, for selling set-top boxes that had beed modified to recieve subscription TV channels.

The police then searched a house in Leighton Leigh where a woman was also arrested.

254 set-top boxes were recovered, along with three computers and a substantial amount of cash and documents.

A 58-year-old woman and 56-year-old man, arrested under the Copyright, and Patents Act 1988 have been bailed until August 5, 2008.

Neighbourhood Inspector Peter Clarke said: "This result has been a good example of Partnerships working together to target people illegally benefiting from the proceeds of crime.

"I would urge the public to be aware that using set-top boxes that have been illegally modified to receive digital TV subscription channels are committing a criminal offence.

"Anyone receiving channels that ought to be paid for and are making no payment to the respective media companies are at risk of being prosecuted."

Malcolm Davies, Virgin Media's head of fraud and security said: "This should act as a serious warning to others to steer clear of this type of crime. We take this matter extremely seriously and will continue to closely with all the police forces throughout the UK to prosecute individuals connected with this type of TV fraud."

Tw*t seelin em at a computer fair...wad he expect...


Source: _http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f4/illegal-set-top-boxes-seized-811/

[viz1]

looking now but was in saturdays sun paper page 34

16/07/2011

Heading...

a conman cost pay-tv firms upto £144 Million, by selling set-top boxes that got subscription channels free a court heard...
Munaf Zinga 41 knocked out 400.000 receivers at £100 each until cops chanced upon one in wigan....

Zinga of plaistow east london, and his technical expert Mukundan pillai of haainault essex, were convicted of conspiracy to defraud..

The boss was sentaenced to 8 years, jail, pillai to 6 years jail...


I appologise if this is old news...

[50pounds]

well i never found that one there should not of been selling boxs with updated firmware on lool there should of sold the boxs as FTA got them self to blame tbh

[viz1]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-23274290/

heres a link...

[unadkat]

This was Rayonics and they were the Importer of these cable boxes.!

[viz1]

sounds bad if you know who they are....

the harder to get hold of the more exspensive....

[QinteQ]

Agree with everyone else .. ..

Recycled old news from the EuroVox days of N1

[gadgetfiend]

Its not really old news as seeing as thats them just been convicted for it, steep sentences for them tbh. Watch the cable scene go really quiet now as a result, squeeky bum time.