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<\/a><\/center> <\/p>\nAccording to prosecutors, the operation meant that broadcasters including Sky and BT Sport faced potential losses of \u00a34m per year while using the devices in pubs exposed licensees to the risk of prosecution.<\/p>\n
Chronicle Live<\/a>\u00a0reports that Haggerty had several passports in different names, and set up a company in Nevis to hide the true purpose of his business. Along with his wife, he also supplied the UK Immigration Service with false documents to sponsor an Egyptian national who was put in charge of the streaming service.<\/p>\n All things considered, 57-year-old Haggerty was jailed for five years and three months for conspiracy to defraud. His wife, 54, who the court accepted had played a minor role, was handed a two-year sentence suspended for two years and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a very sophisticated fraud perpetrated primarily by you, John Haggerty,\u201d said Judge Simon Batiste.<\/p>\n \u201cYou sold 8,000 set top boxes and started services including streaming services, you created an application to enable other devices to access the stream you created. In particular devices permitted users to view all Premier League matches and films, some of which hadn\u2019t even been released in the cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n The sentencing of the pair was welcomed by Premier League director of legal services, Kevin Plumb.<\/p>\n \u201cThis case demonstrates how seriously the courts are dealing with criminals involved in the supply of illicit streaming devices and services that provide illegal access to Premier League football and other popular content,\u201d Plumb said.<\/p>\n Source: \u00a0<\/a> TorrentFreak.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"