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Paul Graham Fry, 55, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release following his sentence, Fry admitted in his guilty plea that he joined Dreamboard in December 2009 and that he posted more than 2,700 videos luxury hotels florida containing child pornography.
Kevin Casey, 40, of Palos Verdes, Calif., was sentenced to five years in federal prison and five years of supervised release. Casey admitted in his guilty plea that he joined Dreamboard in April 2010 and he posted ads offering to distribute child pornography to other members of the board.
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