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Dad sold dodgy fire sticks and bragged 'don't go with amateurs'
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Kevin O'Donnell did not understand the seriousness of selling illegally modified fire sticks online

Kevin O’Donnell, of Altcross Road, Croxteth , sold modified fire sticks for the illegal streaming of subscription-based content between September 2020 and March 2023. He was caught after FACT, the federation against copyright theft, received intelligence about the sale of devices providing unauthorised access to premium sport, TV shows and movies belonging to Sky and BT.

FACT officers then instigated a test purchase from the O’James account, paying £40 to a PayPal address for a 12 month subscription package. An investigation of purchase confirmed the illegal streaming service allowed customers to access Sky and BT content. Prosecutor Kevin Liston said: “Quantification of the loss is difficult and is based on average. Sky estimate that, based on your average subscription cost in the period that the offences were taking place, the loss could have ranged as high as £371,000. BT, using a similar approach, estimate the losses could have been as high as £471,000. Significant losses were potentially caused by the venture.

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