According to his plea agreement, from December 2006 through August 2008, Sell and others conspired to operate “Country Lounge,” a secure web-based bulletin board dedicated to trading images of child pornography.   Members could join this group only upon invitation and after approval by the group’s administrators, including Sell.   To obtain access to the bulletin board, members needed a log-in username and password.   Members were instructed by a specific set of rules and guidelines on how to post images via “Country Lounge” to avoid detection from law enforcement.   As of August 2008, 142 members belonged to the bulletin board, which was hosted on computer servers in Virginia and Texas.  In October 2008, the bulletin board was seized by law enforcement authorities.