DIRECTV's Office of Signal Integrity Presents:

Anti-Fraud and Anti-Piracy Enforcement Actions


THE TRUTH

This website provides the FACTS about DIRECTV's Anti-Fraud and Anti-Piracy enforcement actions.
Lawsuits filed against over 25,000 fraud and piracy defendants.
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Satellite Fraud and Piracy are Illegal

This site provides information concerning criminal and civil actions brought by DIRECTV against those who fraudulently obtain DIRECTV programming without authorization by and proper payment to DIRECTV or illegally design, manufacture, market, sell, or use devices that allow access to satellite signals without payment to DIRECTV. This site also dispels certain comforting "myths" that may exist in the fraud and pirate community such as "you can pay me and I will take care of the DIRECTV account," or "you don't ever need to call DIRECTV to handle your account, I can do that for you. I have a corporate account." Fraud and piracy creates unfair and additional costs on legitimate paying customers. Please start by reading the FAQ About Piracy page.

News Update!

10/17/2008Investigators with the Darlington SC Sheriff’s Department and DIRECTV’s Office of Signal Integrity completed a joint fraud investigation involving former Installation Technician Ronald Allen Smith of Florence, SC, who was charged with credit card fraud and identity theft.
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10/06/2008Paul Donaldson (Can Am Satellites) was served with an Anton Piller Order on October 2, 2008 by DIRECTV’s Office of Signal Integrity. The order allowed a civil evidence search to be executed at the business premises, and also requires that the business cease all sales/installation of DIRECTV, and that all DIRECTV-related items be removed from the related websites.
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10/02/2008Vincent Stuart Terry was charged with the fraudulent use of the name and social security number (felony) and Theft (felony) of the Direct TV services.
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09/01/2008On August 14, 2008, Marc Etherington was served an Anton Piller order by DIRECTV and Bell ExpressVu. This is the first time that Bell ExpressVu has obtained an Anton Piller order and injunction in a pure "grey market" case, enjoining "grey market" as a whole.
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07/10/2008Fraudulent satellite TV man sentenced on identity-theft charge
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06/30/2008An Anton Piller Order was executed on Richard Rex on June 26, 2008 by DIRECTV's Office of Signal Integrity. The order allowed a civil evidence search to be executed at the business premises.
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