Funviralpark New Zealander FBI Most Wanted Fugitive List, who ran San Diego-based porn site GirlsDoPorn.com, was arrested in Spain this week.
Michael James Pratt was detained by Spanish authorities in Madrid on Friday.He checked into a hotel in the city center on Wednesday using one of many fake identities, according to El Espanol. rice field.
The Spanish National Police have released a video of Pratt’s arrest on social media. The tweet in the video did not name him, but described the suspect as a New Zealand citizen sought by the FBI.
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Michael James Pratt was indicted on charges of force sex trafficking, fraud, coercion, producing child pornography, and force sex trafficking of minors.
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Pratt was added to the FBI’s top 10 list earlier this year with a $100,000 reward offered for information leading to his arrest.
“The arrest of Michael Pratt is an example of how the FBI pursues justice beyond the borders of the United States. You can get away with it, but you can’t hide it.
Pratt was charged with coercion, fraud and coercion sex trafficking, production of child pornography, and coercion, fraud and coercion sex trafficking of minors, according to the Justice Department.
Matthew Isaac Wolfe, 40, co-owner of GirlsDoPorn, also from New Zealand, was charged with forced, fraudulent and coercive sex trafficking and attempted coercive, fraudulent and coercive sex trafficking in July. admitted. Sentence.
U.S. authorities say the pair filmed young women in the U.S. and Canada having sex between 2012 and 2019.
The victim later discovered that the work was a pornographic video. They were falsely promised that the video would not be posted online, and some were held against their will until the video was completed, officials said.
The Spanish National Police have released a video of Michael James Pratt arrested in Madrid. He has been charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, as well as producing child pornography and sex trafficking of minors by force.
(Spanish National Police)
According to the FBI, they were also forced into sexual acts that they had initially denied. Pratt allegedly made $17 million from a sex trafficking scheme.
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Wolfe admitted at the time that Pratt ran a website called PornWikiLeaks.com, which identified information and social media accounts of the women filmed. The DOJ said in a September press release that it was dedicated to “exposing” the true identities of the women who appeared in the series, “causing victims to suffer serious harassment.”
Audrey Conklin of Fox News contributed to this report.
