Anyone with a television or who watches iPlayer without a licence can be fined up to £1,000 and be given a criminal record.
The paper uncovered the tactics in an undercover investigation. A reporter who interviewed for an enforcement job was allegedly told by bosses: „We will drive you as hard as we can to get as much as we can out of you because we are greedy.“
The company is reportedly paid £58 million a year to collect licence fees for the broadcaster.