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A man who made more than 1 million £ from illegal sports stream sites was imprisoned. (Picture: London City Police)
Premier league football matches and the best online platforms showing three illegal flow websites by publishing a 1 million £ 1 million scam was imprisoned. Stephen Woodward, IPTV Hosting, Helix Hosting and Black and White TV websites sold illegal access to the right-protected content and bought illegal funds designer clothes and jewelery, holidays and a Jaguar F-Type V8 Coupe worth £ 91,000. Woodward, 36 -year -old, became a millionaire with his illegal activities, his 34 -year -old brother, Christopher, received £ 126,000 from the sales of illegal flow websites.
After the brothers were investigated by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at the City of London, SNED was sentenced to the York Crown Court. North Yorks, 36 -year -old Stephen Woodward from Thirsk, was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in the same court that violated copyrights in the same court on February 21, 2025 and claimed to be guilty in the same court to disperse the crime of laundering.
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In addition, 34 -year -old Christopher Woodward from Thirsk was sentenced to 15 months in prison, suspended for 12 months and was ordered to complete the 240 -hour unpaid work. On February 21, 2025, he was found guilty of laundering money in the same court.
Pipcu’s inspectors provided a total of £ 1.1 million in 15 bank accounts and all -ssets restriction against Stephen’s 21 crypto currency wallets. During the investigation, the cash seized from Stephen was further frozen at £ 144,121. In addition to the jewels seized by the officers at Stephen’s address, these funds will now be subject to seizure.
Detective Officer Daryl Fryatt from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit in the City of London (PIPCU) said: “illegal streams, away from legitimate businesses and losing Stephen Woodward, as a result of illegal flow, as a result of illegal flow comes, it means less work and less investment.
“Stephen was ruthless when conducting illegal vaporing websites. Although he was the subject of a criminal investigation, he did not openly learned his lesson and tried to earn financially from his illegal activities.
1 million £ 1 million illegal flow operation during the probe was recovered in cash (Picture: -)
“The court and the upcoming confiscation procedures should send the message that there are important results for criminals who provide illegal access to copyright protected content.”
IPTV Hosting advertised as the first IPTV provider with more than 4,500 channels. Sky Sports and IT Sports, including illegal access to TV channels.
The investigation found that subscription card payments were paid for paypal accounts and Circle payment services. Stephen would change the money into the crypto currency, convert it into a straight currency, and then deposit it to 23 bank accounts to hide the origin of their funds.
Pipcu officers arrested Stephen in November 2019 and called the home address. They seized a computer, a hard drive and nine telephone and a table drawer in a table drawer in a table drawer.
Approximately 100 envelopes, each containing a SIM card, were seized. Stephen used SIM cards to open PayPal and bank accounts using the online fake identities.
The man was imprisoned for carrying out illegal flow operations for £ 1 million (Picture: -)
Stephen was released under the investigation while the investigations continued, but Pipcu’s phone analysis revealed evidence to show that he was in communication with various companies to help execute IPTV hosting.
In his messages to Christopher, Stephen said he earned $ 100,000 per month through illegal flow.
In 2020, while the investigation into IPTV hosting was continuing, the officers were warned by the Federation that Stephen’s two illegal flow websites began to run hosting by the Federation of Copyright (FACT). Websites provided Premier League matches and illegal access for more than 6,500 channels from around the world.
Officers from Pipcu arrested Stephen for the second time and called the home address in July 2020. “Cash for the last time in the same place”, which referred to the officers of the table drawer in the living room and seized cash in about 28,600 £ cash. He was released under the investigation.
Pipcu’s inspectors provided a total of £ 1.1 million in 15 bank accounts and all -ssets restriction against Stephen’s 21 crypto currency wallets. During the investigation, the cash seized from Stephen was further frozen at £ 144,121.
Woodward’s luxury jaguar sports car (Picture: -)
This includes 22,150 £ cash seized in November 2020. Stephen was arrested by the British transport police (BTP) in Kings Cross Station on suspicion of laundering money. The staff checked the content of the bag and warned the BTP after finding it contains £ 20,000.
BTP officers called Stephen’s address later on that day and seized an envelope containing £ 1,770 in the roof. They seized £ 380 from Stephen.
In October 2022, Stephen was detained by the border forces officers in Gatwick while trying to fly to Vancouver. A total of 10.870 £ from the baggage was seized three bundles of money.
Cash, which was seized by BTP and Border Forces officers, was included in the investigation of PIPCU.
Three websites operated by Stephen are no longer operating.
The real president of Kieron Sharp said: “This investigation and outcome is not a sacrifice of an illegal flow. He damages the creative economy and finances the guilt. The real Pipcu praises this long -standing case for justice.”
