A 68-year-old man has been sentenced in the U.K. to more than six years in prison for running an illegal IPTV service that generated £980,812, or about $1.3 million, over three years, according to BleepingComputer. BleepingComputer reports that the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, part of the City of London Police, identified the operator as Milan Ibrahim. The unit said Ibrahim ran a sophisticated illegal streaming business that served users in the U.K. and abroad. The service provided unauthorized broadcasts tied to major rights holders, according to the report. BleepingComputer says PIPCU named the BBC, ITV, Sky, the Premier League and the Motion Picture Association among the affected rights holders. The enforcement action centered on infrastructure as much as the operator. According to BleepingComputer, police said the business ran on 80 servers from premises in Chorley. Officers seized and shut down all 80 servers they found, which the police said significantly disrupted the service’s ability to provide illegal streams. The case may not end with the prison sentence. BleepingComputer reports that police said Ibrahim will also face Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings intended to recover money generated by the illegal service. The seized servers could also create downstream risk for customers of the service. BleepingComputer reports that the server seizure may lead authorities to identify users, who could face fines or other consequences for funding or participating in copyright infringement. The Premier League framed the case as a significant anti-piracy action. BleepingComputer reports that Stefan Sergot, the league’s director of legal enforcement, described the seized IPTV operation as one of the U.K.’s most prominent and long-running pirate-service suppliers. One boundary matters: BleepingComputer notes that U.K. government records list Ibrahim as a director of CTU Systems, a now-dissolved company that marketed IPTV software, but authorities have not identified CTU Systems as connected to the illegal service in this prosecution. Who benefits: Rights holders including broadcasters, sports leagues and film-industry groups benefit from enforcement actions that disrupt unauthorized distribution. Law enforcement also gains potential evidence from seized infrastructure. Who's exposed: Illegal IPTV operators are directly exposed to criminal prosecution and proceeds-recovery actions. Users may also face risk if server records help authorities identify customers, though the report frames that as a possibility rather than a confirmed next step.