Διαχειριστής '"πορνό-ιστότοπου-εκδίκησης'" καταδικάστηκε σε φυλάκιση 18 ετών.
Ο Kevin Bollaert είχε την "φαεινή ιδεά" να δημιουργήσει ένα ιστότοπο όπου δημοσίευε αποκαλυπτικές φωτογραφίες συνοδευόμενες από το ονοματεπώνυμο, διεύθυνση, τηλέφωνο ακόμα και επάγγελμα των "θυμάτων" του! Τις φωτογραφίες έστελναν απογοητευμένοι, θυμωμένοι "πρώην" για να εκδικηθούν!
Ο διαχειριστής είχε επίσης δημιουργήσει άλλον "ιστότοπο-εξιλέωσης" όπου δεχόταν τα e-mail ή τηλεφωνήματα των θυμάτων του και με κόστος 350 δολλαρίων "κατέβαζε" τις φωτογραφίες και τα συνοδευτικά στοιχεία. Είχε ήδη εισπράξει περίπου 30,000 δολλάρια αλλά πολλά θύματά του είχαν χάσει τις δουλειές τους, διαλύθηκαν οικογένειες και υπήρξε και απόπειρα αυτοκτονίας.
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Kevin Bollaert, who sobbed as he was sentenced, posted 10,000 pictures of victims along with their contact details.
A man who posted thousands of sexually explicit photos of victims on a "revenge porn" website has been jailed for 18 years.
Kevin Bollaert, 28, was convicted in February of running a website that hosted more than 10,000 explicit photographs.
The website - ugotposted.com - was launched in December 2012, enabling photos to be posted without the subject's permission.
Bollaert, of San Diego, ran a parallel site - changemyreputation.com - that then charged individuals up to $350 (£235) each to remove the pictures.
Unlike other revenge porn websites, where photos are anonymous, ugotposted.com required the poster to include full details of the subject.
These included their full name, location, age and Facebook profile link, with an option to include the phone number too.
Victims included teachers, wives and professionals. The compromising photos cost people jobs, damaged relationships and led to one attempted suicide.
Prosecutors say Bollaert earned about $30,000 (£20,000) from people who paid to remove the images.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris said it marked the first criminal prosecution of a cyber-exploitation website operator in the US.
Victims of the site spoke in court in San Diego immediately before sentencing, describing the damage done to their reputations.
"My life has gone through a down-spiral," one of Bollaert's victims told Judge David Gill.
She said she had been ostracised by her mother because of the shame she brought on her family.
Another victim, Nicole, added: "I have a hard time acknowledging Mr Bollaert as a human being. I can't get away from the devastation."
Bollaert's parents pleaded for leniency, insisting their son was remorseful. However judge Gill called Bollaert's conduct "outrageous".
Mr Harris said Friday's sentence "makes clear there will be severe consequences for those that profit from the exploitation of victims online.
"We will continue to be vigilant and investigate and prosecute those who commit these deplorable acts," she said.
http://news.sky.com/
- Μας το έστειλε ο καθηγητής κ. Γ. Πιπερόπουλος
