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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A federal jury on Friday convicted a Texas couple on nearly 90 counts in an Internet child pornography case that prosecutors say involved Web site operators in Russia and Indonesia.
Jurors deliberated eight hours before returning guilty verdicts Friday against Thomas and Janice Reedy and their home-based company, Landslide Inc., which netted more than $1 million between 1997 and 1999.
The Reedys' business gave paying subscribers passwords to enter Web sites containing graphic pictures and videos of children engaging in sex acts with adults and with each other.
The Fort Worth couple and three foreign Web site operators were indicted in April after an investigation by the FBI, Postal Service and Customs Service. Charges included sexual exploitation of minors, distribution of child pornography and conspiracy.
Jurors on Friday found Janice Reedy, 32, innocent of one count of possession of child pornography but convicted her on all other counts. Thomas Reedy, 37, and their company were found guilty on all 89 counts.
The Reedys face from 20 years to life in prison. A sentencing date has not been set.
Also indicted were R.W. Kusuma and Hanny Ingganata of Indonesia and Boris Greenberg of Russia, who prosecutors say launched the sites. They said the Reedys served as a link between pedophiles and the Web site operators.
The Reedys maintained their innocence, saying they thought the Web sites contained only adult porn. They said the company verified that customers were adults and made sure children could not gain access to the sites.
Authorities said the couple had an international clientele of more than 300,000 subscribers who paid from $14.95 to $29.95 a month, and that the Reedys kept 40 percent of the profits while giving the Web site operators 60 percent.
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