Miltos Manetas: "I was already in Los Angeles and it was April already, when the verdict of The Pirate Bay trial was announced (at 11:00 AM on Friday 17 April 2009): Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström were all found guilty and sentenced to serve one year in prison and pay a fine of 30 million SEK (about €2.7 million or US$3.5 million)."