Man charged over proxy server to torrent sites circumventing ISP blocks

Dave Neal
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Callum Haywood charged with fraud and 'conversion of criminal property'

A 22-year-old Nottingham man has been charged with fraud and the 'conversion of criminal property' by facilitating umbrella proxy access to torrent sites via a non-profit website he was running.  ...

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