Seller of illegal EPL streaming devices at Sim Lim Square gets 22 months' jail

The director of a company that sold illegal streaming devices at Sim Lim Square was sentenced to 22 months' jail on Nov 18.

- David Sun Crime Correspondent

Peggy Yu Peng Hsueh-Shu, 68, the director of Amconics Technology, had pleaded guilty to 14 counts of selling such devices which infringed the copyright of the Football Association Premier League.

Another 26 similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.

Her company was also fined $384,000.

The sentences are the highest meted out so far in relation to the 2022 enforcement raids at Sim Lim Square that saw 17 people arrested and more than 2,500 illegal streaming devices seized.

The devices were worth about $500,000, and are typically preinstalled with computer programs to allow unauthorised access to copyrighted work.

Yu's sentencing is the third to date in relation to the raids.

The devices sold by Yu were used to stream English Premier League, or EPL, matches such as the ones between Newcastle and Manchester United on Dec 27, 2021, and Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea on Nov 6, 2023.

The former had ended in a draw, while the latter saw Chelsea trounce Spurs 4-1.

Amconics began selling the devices from early 2014, with prices ranging from $169 to $275 each.