The U.S. Department of Justice reports that a federal jury in Las Vegas this week found five individuals guilty of operating a sizable illicit streaming service known as Jetflicks.
The Justice Department said in a release on Thursday that Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi, and Peter Huber started running the subscription business as early as 2007. According to the release, they would locate illicit versions of content online, which they would then transfer to Jetflick’s servers.
The Justice Department claims that the guys generated millions of dollars by broadcasting this information to tens of thousands of paying members.
“The group reproduced hundreds of thousands of copyrighted television episodes without authorization, amassing a catalog larger than the combined catalogues of Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, and Amazon Prime,” the Justice Department stated.
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The five guys were found guilty of conspiring to violate copyright in a criminal manner.
According to the DOJ, Dallmann was also found guilty on two charges of money laundering by concealment and three counts of misdemeanor criminal copyright infringement.
Dallmann faces a maximum sentence of 48 years in prison if proven guilty. Huber, Garcia, Jaurequi, and Courson could all spend up to five years behind bars.
Their sentencing has not yet been scheduled. At this point, it’s unclear if the men are being represented by counsel. With assistance from the FBI’s Las Vegas field office, the FBI’s Washington field office looked into the matter.
