Three citizens have been sentenced to nine months in prison each, as they are accused of selling decoders with hundreds of pirated television channels without license or authorisation from operators who own transmission rights. The decision was made by the Tirana First Court of General Jurisdiction at the request of the Tirana Prosecutor, who convicted citizens of F.C., A.S. and E.J. For the criminal work computer fraud.

Investigations into this case began in 2023, following the announcement of the Digitalb company, which denounced subjects selling its television packages through social networks, claiming to have broadcast rights. By investigations and simulated purchases of decoder equipment, the prosecution identified the three subjects exercising this illegal activity.

This is the subject. FRA SYSTEM IPTTV, owned by F.C., who sold the packages for 79 euros; Electrical Shop, owned by E.J., which offered them 4 grand on Facebook, and 4k server (Canal.al) owned by A.S., which carried out sales through the Instagram. According to the investigation, apps were installed in decoders sold to customers that enabled access to TV channels of Digitalb platforms, Tring, as well as in other international packages, without the authorization of relevant operators.

The prosecution concluded that the defendants had intervened in computer systems and broadcasting of licensed operators, illegally distributing protected television data with the aim of economic benefits.

At the end of the trial, the three defendants were convicted of criminal acts of computer fraud, envisioned by Article 143/b, paragraph 1, of the Penal Code, and sentenced to nine months in prison each./rtsh.al/