Seven Britons arrested in Spain for satellite TV fraud ......
The seven were all arrested Tuesday in Orihuela Costa , and are thought to have distributed TV channels illegally to 15,000 clients . Seven Britons have been arrested in the coastal area of Orihuela for distributing pirated television signals to more than 15,000 clients , most of them also British . The Guardia Civil made the arrests in several urbanisations on Tuesday , starting at 9.30am in Urbanisation Laguna III in the area of Punta Prima . Telecommunications and computer material was seized in such an amount that several vans were needed . The group distributed the signal from several national pay channels from Digital Plus as well as international satellite signals . It?s estimated that they had made several million ? in servicing at least 15,000 clients in the area . Bbc itv ch5 and sky all put complaints against more then one off this companys across Spain , Guardia Civil say there more raids in coming weeks . Several clients told the Guardia Civil that they were indeed customers of the group, but that they did not know the service was unauthorised . The seven arrested face initial charges of crimes against intellectual property and tax fraud . More arrests in the case have not been ruled out .
