Instructed by DLA Piper on behalf of the Premier League as leading junior in the prosecution of this organised crime group responsible for the operation of the world's largest illegal television streaming service, Flawless, which generated circa £8m during its operation. Following his conviction, the ringleader of this OCG was sentenced to 11 years' custody, the longest sentence on record for intellectual property crime; a sentence that was upheld on appeal and which clarified the proper approach to the quantification of loss in IP cases. R v Gould [2024] EWCA Crim 669. David is currently instructed in the highly complex conduct of the confiscation proceedings against all Defendants which involves multi-millions processed via over 150 bank and cryptocurrency accounts.
David Groome