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Eight People Caught Running Illegal Streaming Services In America

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An American federal court has charged eight people with running two illegal streaming services. The US Department of Justice announced that the streaming sites carrying out illegal services were named iStreamItAll (ISIA) and Jetflicks. According to their press release, “the two services allegedly offered more television programs and movies than legitimate streaming services.”

 

Also, the streaming services were available across all gadgets. Users could access it on computers, phones, tablets, TVs, gaming consoles, set-top boxes, and digital media players. Eventually, they launched an FBI investigation to find the owners.

 

The American Justice Department then alleged that Jetflicks was run by eight people. They are 36-year-old Kristopher Lee Dallmann; 36-year-old Darryl Julius Polo; 59-year-old Douglas M. Courson; 37-year-old Felipe Garcia. However, others include 38-year-old Jared Edward; 61-year-old Peter H. Huber; 38-year-old Yoany Vaillant; and 40-year-old Luis Angel Villarino.

 

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However, the department said Julius Polo left the group to start ISIA. It also traced the headquarters of the sites to Las Vegas, USA. All the alleged culprits now face charges of conspiracy to violate criminal copyright law. The department says the crime cost TV and film copyright owners millions of dollars.

 

Jetflicks said it was home to over 183,000 TV episodes. Meanwhile, ISIA claims to have 115,800 TV episodes and 10,500 films. They allegedly got their content from piracy sites like Torrentz and Pirate Bay. Meanwhile, the justice department said they “used sophisticated computer code to scour global pirate sites for new illegal content.”

 

Consequently, the court charged the eight people involved with money laundering crimes. The crimes were ‘criminal copyright infringement by reproduction or distribution; and criminal copyright by public performance.’

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