Heroes IPTV, a retailer near San Diego, in El Cajon, California that started selling illicit streaming devices in 2015 was shut down after an investigation by undercover agents in 2017.
The case was detailed in an article in the San Diego Union Tribune.
Why it matters
According to Homeland Security Investigations, this was the first entreneur in the US “to be successfully criminally prosecuted for selling illicit streaming devices.”