Kevin Bollaert, the man behind "Revenge Porn Website" was convicted in February on six counts of extortion and 21 counts of identity theft, and finally sentenced to 18 years imprisonment, the Daily Mail reported.
Kevin Bollaert, a web-developer from San Diego, California, operated two "Revenge Porn" websites. One of which is "ugotposted.com" that "hosted over 10,000 sexually explicit images, most of which featured women, that had been provided by jilted ex-partners or hackers without permission," IB Times added.
The victims' photos were posted along with their personal information, location and link to their social media accounts.
People who wished to remove their photos on this website will be redirected to "changemyreputation.com" and will be charged $250 to $350 to remove their nude photos.
According to the Daily Mail, Bollaert earned about $900 a month in website ad revenue and collected about $30,000 from victims. His lawyer claimed that business was "gross and offensive," but he did not break the law "by allowing others to post the explicit material."
"It's gross, it's offensive, but it's not illegal," Emily Rose-Weber said.
His parents pleaded to the judge and said "he has said many times he wishes he never made the website'' and ''if he could go back and change it all, he would." But prosecutors called Bollaert "vindictive," and said he "enjoyed ruining his victims' - usually women - lives."(via People)
Some of his victims testified on court, revealing that one of them was thrown out at home after her family found out that she has a nude photo posted online.
"It ruined my life and I'm still going through it," she testified. "I lost my family. They think that I brought shame on them. My reputation is ruined."
Meanwhile, Judge David Gill said to U-T San Diego that Bollaert "deserves a large dose of punishment."
