The Fiod and the Public Prosecution Service dismantled an illegal internet TV service (IPTV) on Tuesday. Through this service, people could watch more than 10,000 TV channels and all films and series from, for example, Disney +, Netflix, Viaplay, Videoland, ESPN for 10 euros per month.
The TV service was sold, among other things, via call shops, for cash payment, the Fiod reports. The service ran through a data center in Den Helder. A total of four people were arrested in that city and in Almere. According to the European police force Europol, the TV service had more than a million users across Europe.
“The data center was shut down and searched today. As of today, the IPTV subscriptions no longer work,” says the Fiod. “The technology of IPTV, watching television via the internet, is legal in the Netherlands. , if it is used to watch films, series and programs for which no license fee has been paid.”
Watching is also a crime
If that does happen, the rights of film and program makers, broadcasters and television stations will be infringed. “Not only offering, but also watching illegal IPTV is punishable.”
The Fiod investigation team suspects that the proceeds of illegal IPTV have been laundered on a large scale. For this purpose, business premises in Den Helder, Almere, Hengelo and homes in Amsterdam, Almere, Enschede, The Hague and Den Helder were searched for the presence of cash. Administration, bank accounts, five cars, computer equipment and large amounts of cash were seized.
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