DOJ sues two computer programmers for operating illegal streaming services

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The U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against two computer programmers for operating illegal streaming services.

One of the defendants, Darryl Julius, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to multiple criminal copyright and money laundering charges related to his running of iStreamItAll and working as a computer programmer to help build Jetflicks, according to the DOJ

The Justice Department noted the iStreamItAll is one of the largest illegal movie and TV show services in the United States. Jetflicks is also a big illegal TV show streaming service.

The second defendant, Luis Angel Villarino, also a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to a criminal copy right charge related to his work as a computer programmer for Jetflicks.

Illegal streaming service had more content than Amazon Prime, Netflix

In his plea agreement, Polo admitted that he operated iStreamItAll, an online, subscription –based service that allowed users to download and stream copyrighted movies and TV programs. He stated that his illegal streaming service had more content than Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix and VUDU.