Five people connected to the video streaming and download site NinjaVideo have been indicted by a grand jury on copyright infringement and conspiracy charges. All will stand trial in a U.S. District Court. The authorities hold the defendants responsible for providing access to unauthorized movies and TV-shows between 2008 and 2010, which allegedly earned the site more than $500,000.
At the end of June last year, nine sites connected to movie streaming were targeted by the U.S. Government, including NinjaVideo.
It was the first round in the ongoing “Operation in Our Sites” through which more than 100 domain names have been seized to date.
In a few cases the authorities not only seized the domain names of the sites, but also launched full-fledged criminal investigations. One of these sites is NinjaVideo, and five people connected to the movie streaming site have now been indicted by a federal grand jury on suspicion of conspiracy and several copyright related offenses.
The 29-year old Hana Beshara and 23-year old Matthew Smith were charged as founders of the site. Zoi Mertzanis (36) and Joshua Evans (34) were identified as most active uploaders and Jeremy Andrew (33) as the person responsible for the site’s security.
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