The Federal Trade Commission has banned the operator of "revenge porn" websites from posting risqué images of people without their consent, and ordered him to destroy the content he collected while operating those sites.

Craig Brittain ran the now-defunct isanybodydown.com, as well as obamanudes.com, where he posted nude photographs, mostly of women, without their consent.

He also ran two other sites, which purported to sell software that would rid the Internet of these women's nude photos. But they were actually run by Brittain and were essentially extortion schemes.

"This behavior is not only illegal but reprehensible," Jessica Rich, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement. "I am pleased that as a result of this settlement, the illegally collected images and information will be deleted, and this individual can never return to the so-called 'revenge porn' business."

Going forward, Brittain is banned from posting naked photographs online unless he has obtained affirmative express consent from the people involved, something he went out of his way not to do while running Is Anybody Down and ObamaNudes.com.

Specifically, Brittain ran three scams, according to the FTC: he posed as a woman online and sent fake nudes to other women in order to get them to do the same; he encouraged people to submit naked photographs of people and their identifying information; and he ran a bounty system whereby people could earn money by tracking down nudes of specific individuals. In all cases, any photographs and info he received were posted to his websites.

The websites, meanwhile, ran ads for content removal services that looked like they came from third-parties (takedownhammer.com and takedownlawyer.com), but were in fact run by Brittain. Women who had their photos posted on Brittain's sites paid takedownhammer.com and takedownlawyer.com between $200 and $500 to have their photographs removed, not knowing they were actually just paying Brittain.

Brittain earned about $12,000 from his various schemes, the FTC said.

For those irked that Brittain was not hit with a fine or jail time, Popehat.com notes that "the FTC can file against him in federal court" and it "doesn't prevent criminal prosecution." The lack of a fine also suggests that Brittain doesn't have any money the feds can take.

Brittain is not the only person who has tried revenge porn schemes. In 2013, Hunter Moore was ordered by a Nevada judge to pay anti-bullying activist James McGibney $250,000 in damages for defamation. A year earlier, his antics made him a target of Anonymous.