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MKVCinemas: ACE Anti-Piracy Coalition Takes Credit For Sudden Shutdown
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The Pirate King Who Forgot to Hide His Debit Card
Meet Immadi Ravi: 39, computer science grad, self-styled “kingpin” of Indian piracy… and the guy who paid for his domain using his personal debit card. Oops.
After running iBomma—a 21,000-title movie empire that allegedly cost Bollywood $428 million in 2024—Ravi got arrested in Hyderabad. Turns out, running a global piracy operation from the Caribbean while flying back to India? Risky. Paying for it with your real Visa? Even riskier.
While Ravi’s in jail, his empire crumbled. iBomma? Down. Bappam TV? Gone. And just as fans were mourning the loss of free movies, ACE (the anti-piracy coalition) dropped a bombshell: they took down MKVCinemas, another massive pirate hub linked to a “drive-to-drive cloning tool” used by thousands.
Here’s the twist: ACE says they tracked the operator to Bihar. Meanwhile, a big-name Bollywood star just told police he was “unbearable” that a 22-year-old from Bihar was raking in crores through piracy. Coincidence? Maybe. But when the CEO of “I’ll steal your movie but not my identity” gets caught using his own card… well, even pirates aren’t immune to rookie mistakes.
And now? 25 domains handed over. More coming. The lights are off—for now.
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Piracy’s not dead. But its CFO just got fired.