Computer programmer convicted for role in Nevada-based illegal streaming service, one of largest in US: DOJ

A machine programmer who helped run 1 of the largest amerciable television streaming services successful the United States was convicted by a Nevada jury, national prosecutors said Friday. 

Yoany Vaillant, 43, a imperishable U.S. resident, worked arsenic a machine programmer for Jetflicks, an online, subscription-based work successful Las Vegas that allowed users to watercourse and download copyrighted tv episodes without the support of its owners, the Justice Department said. 

He was convicted of conspiracy to perpetrate transgression copyright infringement and is the eighth and last suspect to beryllium convicted successful the case.

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At 1 point, Jetflicks, based successful Las Vegas, claimed to person 183,285 antithetic tv episodes, acold much than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, oregon immoderate different licensed streaming service, authorities said. The work often provided episodes to subscribers, sometimes a time aft they primitively aired connected television, prosecutors said. 

The immense standard of the piracy impacted "every important copyright proprietor of a tv programme successful the U.S. and resulted successful millions of dollars successful losses to U.S. tv and streaming industries," a DOJ quality merchandise said. 

Vaillant was 1 of 8 defendants indicted successful 2019 successful Virginia for moving Jetflicks. His co-defendant, Darryl Polo, besides a machine programmer, pleaded blameworthy to 4 transgression copyright counts and 1 wealth laundering number and was sentenced to 4 years and 9 months successful prison. 

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Luis Villarino pleaded blameworthy to conspiracy to perpetrate transgression copyright infringement and was sentenced to 1 twelvemonth successful prison.

In February 2022, the lawsuit was transferred to the District of Nevada for proceedings earlier Vaillant’s lawsuit was severed from the different remaining 5 defendants — Dallmann, Jaurequi, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, and Peter Huber — who were each tried successful Las Vegas.

The five were recovered blameworthy of conspiracy to perpetrate transgression copyright infringement, and Dallmann was besides recovered blameworthy of 3 further counts of transgression copyright infringement and 2 counts of wealth laundering by concealment.

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Dallmann, Courson, Garcia, Jaurequi, Huber, and Vaillant are scheduled to beryllium sentenced successful February. 

The lawsuit is the largest net piracy lawsuit by measurement of infringed works, and archetypal amerciable streaming case, ever to spell to trial, prosecutors said.