'Dodgy box' operator who made €900k from illegal streaming service back in jail

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'Dodgy box' operator who made €900k from illegal streaming service back in jail
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Ciaran Donovan, who now works in a car valeting business, operated King Kong Media, which charged customers for codes to illegally access TV streaming services from an app they downloaded through social media

A businessman who obtained over €900,000 in criminal proceeds from operating an illegal “dodgy box” TV streaming service has been placed back behind bars following his latest court appearance.

READ MORE: 'Dodgy box' service shut after operator released from custody to close it - and now he sells crisps Counsel for the DPP, Seoirse Ó Dúnlaing BL, said that the illegal service operated by the accused had cost the operators of pay TV channels potentially €4.38 million in lost revenue. They related to €239,989 in a Bank of Ireland account in O’Connell Street, Dublin between October 5, 2021 and November 14, 2023, as well as €191,009 transferred to a Stripe account between the same dates.

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