article_snippet.sent: A San Diego man who operated a 'revenge porn' website and then charged victims to remove nude images and victims
article_snippet.sent: The landmark case was the first time a person had been tried for a running revenge porn ring in the United States.
article_snippet.sent: Jilted lovers and hackers could anonymously post nude photos of people without Jilted lovers and hackers consent, along with personal information about Jilted lovers and hackers, at a website Bollaert created and moderated, called ugotposted.com.
article_snippet.sent: Shameful: In a first-of-its-kind ruling, Bollaert was sentenced t 18 years for running a 'revenge porn' site, publishing nude and embarassing photos of women sent in anonymously by people wanting to hurt women .
article_snippet.sent: People who sought to have the explicit images taken down were directed to changemyreputation.com and charged $250 to $350 to remove the racy content.
article_snippet.sent: Bollaert earned about $900 a month in website ad revenue and collected about $30,000 from victims.
article_snippet.sent: Bollaert's lawyer had claimed at trial that the business was gross and offensive, but Bollaert's lawyer didn't break the law by allowing others to post the explicit material. '
article_snippet.sent: Ruined: In spite of the thousands of emails Bollaert's lawyer got begging to have photos taken down, Bollaert told investigators it was Bollaert's lawyer life that had been ruined by the site .
article_snippet.sent: Mashable reported that Bollaert, in an interview with agents from the California Department of Justice's eCrime Unit, explained his revenge porn site was 'just, like, ruining my life.' '
article_snippet.sent: I mean I know a lot of people are getting screwed over like on his revenge porn site.
article_snippet.sent: The trial of Hunter Moore, called 'the most hated man on the Internet' for running isanyoneup.com, is yet to go before court.
highlights_snippet.sent: Kevin Bollaert operated ugotposted.com, where anonymous users posted nudes without the subject's consent .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Kevin Bollaert then earned tens of thousands from running changemyreputation.com, where victims would pay fees of $300 to $350 to have victims photos removed .
  