[1] The charges were based on Shynkarenko's alleged involvement in a conspiracy that included the founding and operating of for-profit hardcore child pornography websites.

The indictment of Maksym Shynkarenko is based on his alleged role in a conspiracy involving the founding and operating of several websites that offered still images and videos of child pornography to subscribers.

Once the credit card was approved and payment was received, an e-mail was sent to the purchaser containing a username and password that allowed them to access the child pornography materials for a specified period of time.

[2] According to the indictment, the proceeds of user subscriptions were then laundered, with Shynkarenko and his three co-conspirators obtaining the processing services of legitimate credit card companies such as "Cardservice International" and "Forcetronix" by using fake merchant names to conceal the criminal nature of the enterprise.

[1] During a search of this individual's computer, agents recovered e-mails that contained advertisements for the website "Illegal.CP" that clearly depicted it as a for-profit child pornography enterprise.

The second stage, "Emissary Two", took place in late 2006 as agents recovered a database containing the identities of hundreds of additional subscribers who had their credit cards processed by the website.

", as well as displaying positive comments from a purported current customer of the website, with the words "join now" included on the top and bottom of the page.