Founder of pirate streaming service accused of 'damaging all American TV' sentenced to 84 months in prison

Jetflicks is an illegal pirate streaming service that ostensibly offered subscribers a library of 183,285 pirated TV shows at one time. Jetflicks was so problematic that it was said to have had a negative impact on all major copyright holders of American TV shows. It was closed down after a raid on the operator's home in 2017, and those involved have been convicted since around 2021. Finally, the founder's trial ended and he was found guilty on six counts.

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When the two subscription IPTV services, Jetflicks and iStreamitAll, were indicted in 2019, 19 terabytes of data and 175,000 pages of paper evidence amounting to about a ton were presented. The US government said the case was 'potentially the most complex streaming copyright infringement case in US history.' Jetflicks was said to have had 183,285 pirated TV shows, more than Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video could offer at the time.

As of 2021, Jetflicks programmer and iStreamitAll founder Darryl Polo pleaded guilty to copyright infringement and money laundering and received a 57-month prison sentence and a forfeiture order of $1 million. Jetflicks programmer Luis Angel Villarino was found guilty of only one count of conspiracy to infringe copyright and was sentenced to about one year in prison.

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On the other hand, Christopher Dallman, who claimed to be the founder and CEO of Jetflicks, was convicted in June 2024 of a crime that carries a maximum sentence of 48 years in prison, but he argued that the evidence presented to the jury was inadequate and prejudicial to the defense. He also argued that a sentence of 36 months for each crime was appropriate and that the government's sentencing guidelines were completely unreasonable.

As a result, in a judgment signed by a federal district judge on July 18, 2025, Dallman was found guilty of six counts, including conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, copyright infringement by reproduction or distribution, copyright infringement by public performance, money laundering, and aiding and abetting. Dallman was sentenced to 84 months (approximately seven years) in prison, the heaviest sentence of any Jetflicks member convicted.

Jetflicks is not only the largest case of copyright infringement ever, but also the first illegal streaming case to be brought to a full trial in the United States, making it a very important case for both the US government and the MPA , the copyright protection industry association. Following the verdict, the MPA released a statement praising the guilty verdict, saying, 'We thank the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the participating law enforcement agencies for their efforts in this landmark success. This success protects the rights of content creators and sends a message to piracy operators around the world about the consequences they may face.'