A man in San Diego who ran a so-called "revenge porn" site that charged hundreds of dollars to remove anonymously posted nude photos has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after his conviction on 21 counts of identity theft and six counts of extortion.
Kevin Bollaert, 28, ran the sites UGotPosted.com and ChangeMyReputation.com.
NPR's John Burnett reports: "The way it worked: angry lovers could post intimate photos of people as well as gossip about them without their consent on ... UGotPosted.com. It quickly became popular: In a 10-month period more than 10,000 racy photos were posted, mostly of women. When the subjects objected, they were directed to ... ChangeMyReputation.com and had to pay $250 to $300 to have them taken down."
"Today's sentence makes clear there will be severe consequences for those that profit from the exploitation of victims online," California Attorney General Kamala Harris said.
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The mans a genious. What crime happened? Some man or woman allowed themselves to be photographed or video taped having sex? Their own stupid fault!
ReplyDeleteLadies....stop having sex with men who don't want to marry you.
ReplyDeleteHe is now required to be put on the SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY now..HAHHA...How about busting busted.com they do the same..I guess now he will have to pay to be removed off of busted..com for sex offenders as they do the same thing and get away with it...?? makes u winder
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