LaLiga y Mediapro request 6 years in prison for the creator of Rojadirecta

The creator of Rojadirecta.com will be tried by the Provincial Court of La Coruña. LaLiga and Mediapro They request 6 years in prison.

The Court of Instruction 1 of La Coruña has concluded the instruction and has ordered Oral trial opening against the administrator of the illegal websites, their society Puerto 80 Projects and others five accused of continued crimes against intellectual property, through the portal Rojadirecta.com and the like, and for the benefits obtained with this illegal activity.

The judge appreciates enough indications of crime to transfer the accusation to the Provincial Audience of La Coruña, which must establish the date for the start of oral views. The judge also sets a 4 million euros bail to the creator of Rojadirecta.com and his sociedad Puerto 80 Projects to face possible responsibilities derived from its illicit activity and given the "special economic transcendence" of the profits obtained and the damages caused, according to the prosecutor's conclusions. Previously, the judge already decreed the blockade of several bank accounts of the company of which it owns.

Next to the head of Rojadirecta.com, they will also be judged as co -authors and collaborators up to four more defendants in their criminal activities, and one more accused as author of a crime of facilitation of access to broadcasting services without authorization from the provider. The prosecutor, in his accusation requests 4 years in jail for the creator of Rojadirecta.com and sorrows 2 years and 3 months for the rest of the defendants.

The prosecutor also requests the cessation of the activity of the indicated websites And orders service providers to suspend transmission, data accommodation, access to telecommunications networks or the provision of any service that allows them to continue pirate content protected by intellectual property. The particular accusations of LaLiga and Mediapro They raise the prison sentence for the administrator of the illegal portal at 6 years, and request a fine of more than six million euros and the penalty of dissolution for port80, the legal entity of the domain.

A road started in 2015

The Criminal process starts in 2015 with the complaint of DTS against the creator of rojadirecta.com and Puerto 80 Projects. Both LaLiga how Mediapro They appeared as harmed in the process. In 2016, and after giving a statement, he was arrested and released with the obligation to present himself in court every month and block his accounts waiting to finalize the investigation.

The activities of the main accused as creator and promoter of websites began at the beginning of this century with the creation of redirecta.com. The web offered a list of links where you could see free sports content marketed by LaLiga or Canal +, among others. Although for the user access to the web was free, they were obtained millionaire income through advertising or the collection of commissions for diverting traffic to portals of sports betting houses, as has been demonstrated in other judicial causes. Judicial reports showed income from More than 11 million euros in one of the accounts of society.