Sports Web sites accused of illegal streams seized
2/3/2012NEW YORK — With the Super Bowl days away, federal authorities announced a crackdown Thursday on Web sites that stream unauthorized broadcasts of sports events just hours after New England quarterback Tom Brady told reporters in Indianapolis that he watched last year’s game on an illegal site.
Investigators seized 16 sites and brought criminal charges against a Michigan man accused of controlling nine of them.
Web operator Yonjo Quiroa, of Comstock Park, Mich., was charged Wednesday with copyright infringement. Prosecutors said he distributed football, basketball, and hockey games, and wrestling matches.