"Police Dismantle Pirated TV Streaming Network That Made $5.7 Million"

Spanish police have recently dismantled a network of illegal media content distribution that, since the start of its operations in 2015, has made over $5,700,000.  The investigation began in November 2022 after a complaint submitted by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), which reported two web pages for violations of intellectual property rights.  Those sites hosted the illegal IPTV service "TVMucho," also known as "Teeveeing," which had over 4 million visits in 2023.  Upon investigating the report, the police discovered that the owners of these sites were behind a large-scale IPTV operation that provided roughly 14,000 subscribers illegal access to 130 international TV channels and thousands of films and series.  The Spanish police conducted searches in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Madrid, Oviedo, and Málaga.  They arrested eight people believed to be linked to the operation of the IPTV scheme.  The police believe that the arrested individuals are subordinates of the ring's leader, a Dutch citizen, who is also under investigation.  The police agents confiscated computers and material, $86,400 in bank accounts, and took the servers that supported the operation of 16 illegal streaming sites offline.
 

BleepingComputer reports: "Police Dismantle Pirated TV Streaming Network That Made $5.7 Million"