Illegal Box Users Arrested
 

This is what happened after I reported the illegal cable users to VM:

http://www.lancashireeveningtelegrap...raud_probe.php

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slap it well up them.

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It's good to see that Virgin Media can be proactive about the illegal use of equipment. It's just a pity that these arrests aren't publicised more. I shall be very surprised if any of the national daily's bother to pick up on the story.

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That was quick work..you were only asking if you should report them two days ago..:)

Mind I note this from that article.

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That doesnt mean im chatting sh*t. Im the one who gave them the address of the guy who was using the illegal cable box.

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:D

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you got caught lying mate

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Why would I lie for lol, ive got no reason to lie...

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Sounds like they caught out the suppliers of boxes rather than the users, also...

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Surely tip offs would still come in to the investigating team whilst an investigation was in progress. May be a late piece of information could be the final piece of a jig saw. Don 1 asked what we would do a day before the raids were made so I for one am not going to start questioning his integrity.

What ever the sequence of events action has been taken and it looks as though 200 of the illegally modified boxes have been kept out of circulation.

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good cuz its like with drugs init. getting the dealers instead if the addicts.

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Gotta love the local rag:

The local perspective really does make you think about these issues :)

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More than likely that the police discovered other illegal activities while they were ransacking the various premises. :D

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Don? You live in Blackburn, mate?

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yeah i was thinking the same mate.

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It does actually - The colleagues who went on the raid were in Manchester, getting ready for the op weeks before you even posted mate.

Maybe your must mistaken then.

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Are you located in Livingstone Road or in Assheton Road ?

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Why not just ask for his full name and address? ;)

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Whats your full name and address?

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Tarquin Fin-tim-lin-bin-whin-bim-lim-bus-stop-F'tang-F'tang-Olé-Biscuitbarrel
Buckingham Palace
London
SW1A 1AA

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every arrest i can see if for changing VM owned boxes.

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roflmao

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haha

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lol

When I read those quotes I thought exeatcly the same.

'I got a shock when I came to the front expecting a delivery...'

Yeah right. Sat twitching behind the net curtains more like!

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What is wrong with the OP's statement?

AFTER I reported ... ARRESTS were made.

Nowhere does the OP state DUE TO my call ...

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I pay for all my services but if I was using an illegal box this would be enough for me to panic and get rid of it, lets hope it makes a lot of other people do the same.

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yeah i bet ha

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it would wouldnt it.

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i dunno - it still seems to be going after people selling modded vm boxes it just so happens that the people arrested were using these boxes as well as selling them.

i havnt read anything about an end user using another make of box getting arrested.

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Blimey. It's been a few years since I last heard his name. :D

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lol, fancy grassing them up, ya spoil sport

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I don't understand some of the folks on here, why are so many people giving the op grief he's picked up on something illegal and gone off and reported it.

Too many people sit and moan about what a horrible world we live in and how societies falling apart yet when they have the opportunity to do something about it sit back and do sod all. I've no desire to resurrect the original thread on this though so I'll just say well done, every contribution helps.

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All-in-all this proves that reporting illegal activity can support an investigation. It may take weeks or months for something to be done, but that is the normal process of events when collecting information that can lead to arrests.

Nice one.

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pmpl

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you are a brave man ;just hope for your sake they arent looking on the forum - you may as well have given them your name and address??

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i know he mite aswel go on national tv & tell the world lol

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Why? 'They' won't get any information from us.

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No1 knows my name and address from this forum.
;):D

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"Four police vans, three other vans and two police cars arrived at about 9.30am and left at 3.30pm."


And between 9.30 am and 3.30 pm one person was shot in the head in a seemingly targeted attack, two women were mugged of their pensions, five houses were burgled.
Just proves they have nothing better to do.
What will happen when they go to court? they cannot even jail people for long enough for murder.

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oh could be a good game.

i guess you live in london
You are called Don but your mum calls you donny
Single
Aged 40
1 cat (called terry)
You enjoy music as well as have an active interest in PC's you recently purchased a XFX 9800 GX2 to go in your top of the line rig (running vista)

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You are either located in Livingstone road or in Assheton Road or in Hamilton Street or you have nothing to do with it ;).

I will leave it to the criminals to go through the electoral rolls to find all Dons or Donnas living in the above streets :D

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I sincerely hope not - it would be a breach of Data Protection!

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Bookmark this post if you want - but no-one will get any personal details of members from Cable Forum unless it was a legitimate approach by the police or whatever the procedure is. It is not something you guys need ever worry about.

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I think they are just joking and being sarky Russ, lol

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Hmmm...I wonder whether its because its people like that who think they can get something at someone elses expense that put the prices up just like those people that drive around in cars without insurance!

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lol my mate got sent down for one day, thats how full prisons are atm.

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What for?

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never you mind ;)

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OK.

Hope "your mate" didn't have too hard a time........

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he's been in before so it was nowt that he couldnt handle.

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Killing a grass! ;)

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Respect :rofl: :rofl:

PS Foreverwar: there are plenty of "legal" crimes: city bonuses, expenses accounts etc come on....

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oxymoron - "legal" crime; is that like "celibate" sex?

Or did you mean the so-called "white-collar" crimes.

Bonuses are not a crime, they are part of a contract - and expenses are paid in reimbursement of money paid out whilst carrying out duties on behalf of a business; if you/one fraudulently claims expenses, that is usually gross misconduct (a sacking offence) and you/one can also be prosecuted

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Heh, are you taking credit for this, or just saying it started raining after you danced, so to speak? ;)

These are clearly dealers, who got caught with 100s of boxes. There will almost certainly be no prosecution of individual users as a result of this, and it's obviously part of an on-going campaign by Virgin to clamp down on the sale of boxes, and there have been other such arrests in recent weeks both in the UK and Ireland.

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they will if the geezers plead not guilty and five o call you as a witness:dunce:

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I'm sorry, there's no way you can sound threatening on the Internet, please stop trying.

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so how did you manage to find out there address's ? did you hack into peoples accounts and if so surely you can get into to bother as well?

mind you i couldn't care less what happens to grasses or criminals

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don't know if this is still the case but if you are part of the prosecutions evidence your name will be in the courts papers(the depths).the accuseds solicitor receives a copy of those papers and so does the accused if he wants one.perhaps things are different now as im going back a few years.

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The police raided premises on the above three roads, (the road names were given in the article). Don_1 claims he grassed his neighbour, which led to above 3 raids. Voila;)

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Yep, thats right. Voila ;)

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I think the appropriate answer should be -
"it is policy to neither confirm nor deny any speculation" ;)

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No, don_1 used this story as an example to cable thieves, proving that illegal cable boxes are a problem for VM.

I strip you of your badge, junior detective.

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It was very strongly implied by don_1 in the first post of this thread that his actions were at least partially responsible for these arrests. His original complaint seemed to be about an individual cable "thief", not dealers, which is what these arrests are targeted at. He also neglected to mention if any action had been taken against the person he supposedly turned in.

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haha p*sser

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:dunce:

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It could just as likely be poorly worded.

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you shopped him for free cable

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not heard much from DON 1 LATELY?????

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1. iv got better things to do with my time & 2. im not being funny but its got nowt to do with you why he got sent down has it.

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Im still here :)

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Thought you did a Salman Rushdie. ;)

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Lol :)

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A shop near me - biggleswade got done a couple of weeks ago for selling dodgy boxes too.

I seem to be reading about more and more cases these days.

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Wait so i get this right

virgin are offering free cable to people who shop people that have illegal cable.

maybe i should get a dodgy box and then shop myself. either way i'm going to win

lol

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Go for it....... ;)

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its not a new thing tho, its just that alot more ppl seem to be getting court lately.

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haha p*sser.

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lmaooooooooo,

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haha is rite :p:

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nm

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http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nort...5578-20888849/

This a dupe? Not sure, anyway a certain other forum that had members griefing on here has removed its cable section in response to the sentences.

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have heard.

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Excellent news.

Waits for the usual ya boo sucks comments from cloners,hackers and chippers.:)

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yeah & some num nuts will with that they can get help with hacking cable on this site :rolleyes: