FBI announces 33-year sentence for horrific cross-border child sextortion
Ramanan Pathmanathan, 40, pleaded guilty in January to child pornography production and coercing a minor, and was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in a U.S. prison.
A notorious Toronto sex offender was sentenced to 33 years in a U.S. prison for a sextortion scheme targeting more than 145 young victims.
Ramanan Pathmanathan, 40, pleaded guilty in January to child pornography production and coercing a minor, and was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington.
“This defendant spent years methodically hunting children online,” said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in a statement. “He targeted victims as young as six, and subjected them to horrors no child should ever experience.”
She said the U.S. “will not allow international borders to serve as refuge for those who prey on children,” thanking Canadian authorities for helping bring him to justice.
