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  • 16-09-2010 4:16pm
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    watty
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    Virgin Media set-top box modder gets 5 years
    Jail for free-channel fraudster

    By Chris Williams 16th September 2010 11:08 GMT

    A man from Birmingham has been jailed for five and a half years for his role in a cable TV fraud.

    Mohammed Ali, 35, was sentenced last week for selling modified set-top boxes that can receive free channels.

    Three other men were also convicted of involvement in the fraud. Umar Manir, 28, was handed 18 months' jail and ordered to pay compensation to Virgin Media. Shaukat Ali, 27, was sentenced to 12 months' jail, suspended for two years, and ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work.

    The fourth man, Subhan Ali, 29, absconded abroad and was found guilty in his absence.

    The group were arrested in 2008, when 2,000 illegally modified set-top boxes were found during police raids in the Sparkbrook area of Birmingham. Large quantites of cash and two vehicles were also seized.
    via El Reg

    The law here is more draconian

    There is no free cable TV. Lots of legal free TV on Satellite. RTE1, RTE2, TV3 and TG4 free on Aerial and maybe satellite next year.
    Freesat Channel list

    Entertainment

    101 BBC One
    102 BBC Two
    103 ITV1

    ITV HD :available via the 'red button' on your remote)

    104 Channel 4
    105 Five
    106 BBC Three
    107 BBC Four
    108 BBC HD - High Definition
    110 BBC ALBA Scotland - Gaelic
    113 ITV2
    114 ITV2 +1
    115 ITV3
    116 ITV3 +1
    117 ITV4
    118 ITV4 +1
    120 S4C Digidol (Wales)
    121 Channel 4 + 1
    122 E4
    123 E4 +1
    124 More4
    125 More4 +1
    135 CBS Drama
    136 CBS Reality
    137 CBS Action
    138 Zone Horror
    139 Zone Horror + 1
    140 BET
    141 BET + 1

    News

    200 BBC News
    201 BBC Parliament
    202 S4C2 (Wales)
    203 Al Jazeera English
    204 Euronews
    205 France 24
    206 Russia Today
    207 CNN
    208 Bloomberg Television
    209 NHK World TV
    210 CNBC Europe

    Movies

    300 Film4
    301 Film4 +1
    302 True Movies
    303 True Movies 2
    304 Movies4Men
    306 Movies4Men2

    Lifestyle

    400 Wedding TV
    401 Wedding TV asia
    402 Information TV
    403 Rural TV
    405 Food Network
    406 Food Network +1

    Music

    500 Chart Show TV
    501 The Vault
    502 Scuzz

    504 B4U Music
    509 Zee Music
    514 Clubland TV

    Children

    600 CBBC
    601 CBeebies
    602 CITV
    603 POP
    604 POPGirl
    605 Tiny POP
    606 Kix!

    Specialist / Education
    650 Teachers TV
    662 9X
    690 Inspiration TV
    691 Daystar TV
    692 Revelation TV

    Shopping

    800 QVC
    801 price-drop tv
    802 bid tv
    803 Pitch TV
    804 Pitch World
    805 Gems TV
    806 TV Shop
    807 Shop on TV
    809 JML
    810 JML Cookshop
    811 Thane
    813 Best Direct
    816 Ideal World

    851 Netplay TV Gaming channel
    852 Smart Live TV Gaming channel
    861 Gala TV Gaming channel

    950 - 977 - Other BBC Regions

    Please note:
    Some Free to air channels are on not on Freesat's main channel list. However,
    any Non Freesat/ Free-to-air channel can be manually added to freesat receiver.

    Example of a non Freesat/Free-to-air channel:

    Sky News


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