Illegal Satellite TV Equipment Seized by RCMP // 2009-02-14

Project ODOWN, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) led project, has made two arrests in its on-going efforts to combat satellite piracy.

On February 10th, 2009 the London Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Federal Enforcement Section executed a search warrant at a business in The Town of Aylmer and as a result seized a number of items associated to commercial level satellite television piracy.

Also during this investigation, another search warrant was executed earlier in January at a London area home. At that time, RCMP officers seized a number of items associated to commercial level satellite television piracy.

Although both incidents were part of the same investigation, they were not related, a police spokesperson explained.

In both cases it is alleged that legal "free to air" receivers had been modified to receive encrypted signals from Bell Express Vu and other satellite systems by the accused and that they offered for sale these same receivers.

Larry Hudson of Tillsonburg, Ontario and Shan Qin Zhang of London, Ontario have been charged under the Radio Communication Act for allegedly modifying and selling satellite equipment. An individual found guilty of such an offence is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding $5,000, or both.

"Satellite piracy is not a victimless crime. It denies Canadian artists and broadcasters millions of dollars in revenues. It endangers Canadian jobs, stated Inspector Dwight Blok, Officer in Charge of RCMP London Detachment. "Satellite piracy also creates a real threat to public safety. The use of pirating devices has been found to create signal interference with communications systems used by airline, search and rescue and police services."

The RCMP says it is committed to pursuing enforcement action against commercial ventures engaged in the selling of illegal decoding equipment.

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