A man who offered a service adapting so called firesticks to customers in the Merseyside area was today sentenced to 40 months' imprisonment following a private prosecution undertaken by the Premier League.
Jonathan Edge configured Fire TV sticks with specialist software and apps which enabled his customers unlawfully to access pay tv services worth over £1m in a case described by the sentencing judge as sophisticated and which involved a protracted period of offending. Edge had been warned to stop his infringing activities in September 2022 by the anti-piracy organisation FACT but elected to continue his trade until he was arrested in December 2023.
The case was prosecuted by Ari Alibhai instructed by Abi Wills of Edison Law and DLA Piper UK on behalf of the Premier League.
The case has been reported in the national and local press: Sky News, The Mirror, Daily Mail, LBC, Liverpool Echo & Sport Bible.
The Premier Leagues press release can be accessed here.
Ari Alibhai