In the StreamEast sting, there were two real-life arrests that went down. Two men were arrested in Egypt "and authorities reportedly uncovered a shell company in the United Arab Emirates that allegedly laundered more than $6 million in advertising proceeds since 2010." StreamEast had 1.6 billion visits in the past year, per The Athletic .

Streameast, the world’s largest sports piracy network with over 1.6 billion visits last year, has been shut down. ACE confirmed the takedown was carried out with Egyptian authorities, redirecting all domains to its “Watch Legally” page.