Overview
- Federal officers detained a 39-year-old suspect at Stuttgart Airport on suspicion of running a large illegal streaming network.
- The man was taken before a judge and placed in pretrial custody under a warrant from the Stuttgart district court.
- Investigators say the network served about 60,000 customers with illicit internet TV access to paid streaming portals.
- Searches at the suspect’s Stuttgart home turned up evidence and assets worth more than €800,000.
- Police carried out coordinated raids in Düsseldorf, Nuremberg and on Borkum, seized more material, and continue to investigate possible accomplices.