The judge jailed the pair, who he said were motivated by "greed", for four-and-a-half years each. He told them: "This was a sophisticated fraud committed against numerous broadcasters throughout the world and those who have interests in the contents of broadcasts, particularly the Football Association, Premier League."

How greedy; please take a moment to think of those poor footballers, Premier League and TV executives, who may not get that extra private jet/island this summer.

anyone like FAB and FLAWLESS based in the UK must be mad to continue ...

The court heard how they ripped off customers who were regularly left with devices that had their broadcast signal interrupted or didn’t work properly.This will now be subject to confiscation proceedings.

Mr Dodds, who has a previous conviction for threatening a Sky employee, attempted to prevent evidence being discovered by hiding the keys to a car full of equipment and documentation, including a list of all his clients, several streets away from his home.

Mr Richards attempted to conceal evidence just before being arrested by destroying hard drives and hiding information in his deep freezer. This led to a conviction for attempting to pervert the course of justice in addition to his conspiracy to defraud offence.

Premier League Director of Legal Services, Kevin Plumb, said: “This is a hugely significant judgement as it provides further evidence that selling these devices is illegal and can result in a prison sentence. We have seen several reports from people who have purchased illicit streaming devices only to be left with no service when the seller is forced to cease trading because the law has caught up with them, or their broadcast signal has been interrupted by our enforcement measures. We hope this verdict gets the message out that selling or using these devices is simply not worth the risk.

CEO of FACT, Kieron Sharp, said: “This result is an excellent example of how serious an issue illegal streaming is. TV boxes and sticks that allow consumers to illegally stream sports, such as Premier League matches, not only have a huge effect on the content owners and broadcasters but the thousands of people working tirelessly behind the scenes to put the sport on our screens. “This is no longer a grey area – selling devices like this or using one at home to watch content you normally would pay for is breaking the law. This sentencing should send out a very clear and strong message to anyone involved in the sale of these devices that it is very much illegal and that they risk spending time behind bars.”