WASHINGTON (KOLO) – Five Nevada men have been sentenced to terms up to 84 months in prison for running an illegal streaming website.
The five men, including a citizen of Germany, were sentenced for running Jetflicks, one of the largest television streaming services in the U.S.
“Digital crimes are not victimless crimes,” said U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada. “The copyright owners lost millions of dollars as a result of the illegal paid streaming service. These sentences underscore our joint commitment with the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and FBI to deter and disrupt intellectual property crime via thorough investigation and prosecution of those who violate federal intellectual property laws.”
Kristopher Lee Dallman, Peter Huber, Jared Edward Jaurequi. Felipe Garcia, and Douglas M Courson, all of Las Vegas, were convicted in June of conspiracy to commit copyright infringement.
Dallman was also convicted of criminal copyright infringement by distribution, criminal copyright infringement by public performance, and money laundering.
Dallman was sentenced to 84 months in prison, Huber was sentenced to 18 months, Jaurequi was given time served of nearly five months, as well as 180 days of house arrest and community service, Garcia was sentenced to three years of probation with 49 days in prison and community service, while Courson was given three years probation with 48 days in prison.
The DOJ says Jetflicks was headquartered in Las Vegas, and at one point, claimed to have more than 183,000 different TV episodes, significantly more than Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, or any other streaming service. The DOJ says this is the largest internet piracy case to ever go to trial, causing a loss of millions of dollars.
Jetflicks used an automated software and computer scripts to scour sites hosting pirated content, then download and process the stolen content to thousands of paid subscribers.
Each of the men convicted played multiple roles at Jetflicks, including management, programming, web design and customer support.
Dallman saw millions in profits from the enterprise, while the DOJ estimates the value of the infringement was $37.5 million.
The five defendants sentenced were among eight defendants originally indicted in Virginia for operating Jetflicks. Additionally, another man, Darryl Polo pleaded guilty in Virginia for his involvement in Jetflicks, as well as another illegal streaming service called iStreamItAll.
Another man, Luis Villarino also pleaded guilty in Virginia to conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. Polo and Villarino were sentenced to 57 and 12 months and a day in prison.
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