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, an illegal sports streaming network, was shut down by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and Egyptian authorities.