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Registered Sex Offender Admits To Exploiting Young Girls On Long Island
A convicted sex offender formally confessed to coercing young girls on Long Island into sending sexually explicit content. Anthony Pangallo, 41, of Rego Park, Queens, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child in Central Islip federal court on Friday, Aug. 22. Pangallo admitted during the hearing that he solicited and received explicit images from four victims, a 12-year-old and three 13-year-old girls, all from Long Island, according to the US Attorney’s Office. While pretending to be a teenager, he lured preteen girls into online “relationships” and then pressured them to share se…
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Crypto Crackdown: $225M In Stolen Funds Seized In Global ‘Pig Butchering’ Scam: DOJ
Federal officials seized more than $225 million in stolen cryptocurrency in what they say is the largest-ever seizure of funds linked to a crypto confidence scam in US history. The civil forfeiture complaint, filed in Washington, DC, targets over $225.3 million in crypto assets that investigators say were tied to a complex global fraud operation. According to the Justice Department, scammers used fake cryptocurrency investment platforms to trick hundreds of victims into transferring money into fraudulent accounts. Authorities say the scammers dispersed stolen funds across hundreds of…
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Former Iona Golfer Requested Nude Pics From Kids Online: Prosecutor
A 28-year-old New Jersey man who played college golf was arrested and charged on Wednesday, April 23 with possessing child pornography, authorities said. Investigators began looking into Kevin Kramarski, a Moorestown, NJ resident, after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about his online activities, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia Bradshaw said. The tip included his efforts to purchase child sexual abuse material online and engaging in online chats with juveniles where he requested they send him nude photos, the prosecutor said. Kev…
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Sextortion Of 30+ Children Worldwide Gets Florida Man 30 Years:
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A Florida man who sextorted children across the globe, including six minors in Central Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, Acting U.S. Attorney John C. Gurganus announced on Thursday, April 24. Alvaro Andres Valarezo Sandoval, 35, an Ecuadorian national most recently residing in Miami, was handed the decades-long sentence by Senior U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion after being convicted on two counts of "Production of Child Pornography", according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Sandoval exploited children in a calculat…
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'Pig Butchering' Scam Involving Nearly $5M In Losses Hits NY Victim
You may want to think twice before trusting that friendly text from a “wrong number.” The US Secret Service has seized a new web domain linked to a cryptocurrency scam known as “pig butchering,” a confidence crime that has bilked victims out of millions — including nearly $175,000 from one upstate New York resident alone, federal officials said. The term “pig butchering” refers to a methodical con in which scammers “fatten up” their victims by gaining their trust before financially gutting them through fake investment schemes. The announcement came from US Attorney John A. Sarcone II…
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Long Island 'Dance Instructor' Sought Sexual Photos From 10-Year-Old Girls, DA Says
A Long Island man is accused of posing as a dance instructor in order to solicit sexual photos from young girls. Taner Ocal, age 22, of Lindenhurst, was arraigned on 30 criminal counts, including possessing child pornography, in Suffolk County Court on Thursday, July 11. According to prosecutors, Ocal contacted two 10-year-old girls in Texas on Instagram in June 2024 while pretending to be a dance instructor. He allegedly asked them to film themselves dancing and later requested that they send him sexually explicit photos of themselves, prosecutors said. The children blocked his acc…
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