The group was found guilty and was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay damages equaling $3.62 million divided among the four. Sunde has also started the micropayments system Flattr and co-founded Kvittar and IPREDator. In 2013 he presented the free and private messaging platform Hemlis. The messaging program is encrypted and only people chatting can read the messages which means that government agencies could not spy on users. Peter is an equality advocate and has spoken out about concerns regarding the centralization of power to the European Union. Sunde was arrested again in May 2014.