The officers of the cyber police department of the National Police of Ukraine have terminated activities of a group of pirate online movie theatres, in particular FS.TO, after receiving claims from copyright holders – members of the Motion Picture Association of America and some Ukrainian copyright holders on violation of copyright and associated rights by one of the websites.
“Since the middle of 2015 the cyber police department has received applications from Ukrainian and international copyright holders. They said that due to unlawful activities of the pirate website FS.TO they faced loss of over Hr 5 million,” the press service of the National Police said.
A criminal case was opened. Equipment was seized. The offices, data-centers and apartments of the suspects were raided.
Foreign (offshore) and some Ukrainian companies have been identified. Their accounts were used to legalize the money of the criminal group.
The investigation was started under Part 3 of Article 176 of the Criminal Coe of Ukraine (violation of copyright and associated rights).
