The Civil Guard has deactivated the most important pirate streaming channel in Spain, Cristal Azul, which offered free paid football matches from the Spanish First and Second division to some 78,000 users, causing damage of more than 42 million euros.
The investigation by the armed institute occurred following a joint complaint filed by LaLiga and Movistar that has culminated in the investigation of the alleged perpetrator, a 37-year-old man, within the framework of operation ‘Corsario Azul’.
The detainee is a 37-year-old man.
Through the Kodi player, which allows you to organize and play videos, images and audio in delayed, online or streaming, the researchers detected that one of the extensions or add on Created by a developer external to the platform, it allowed the viewing of football and other sports for free, as reported this Friday by the Madrid Command in a note. The deactivation occurred a few weeks ago.
From here, members of the Technological Research Team (EDITE) tracked down the source code of the extension or add on and, after different searches for information, they determined that the football matches were broadcast through the instant messaging application Telegram. Subsequently, the investigations focused on determining the authorship of the events, through the investigation of the pseudonyms that appeared in the source code within the extension where the paid football content was broadcast.
The last classic played at the Bernabéu could no longer be viewed on the pirated platform
After downloading the extension, the agents concluded that it belonged to a specific user and fully identified the author by comparing the data with police databases.
The operation culminated in the investigation of a 37-year-old man for a crime related to the market and consumers, with an estimated fraud of more than 42 million euros, as well as the elimination of the Telegram channels in which the matches were played. and also the programming code used illegitimately.
Cristal Azul was one of the add ons Most used to watch live sports without paying. Likewise, it offered content from other film and series platforms.
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