A Florida woman described as a bookkeeper for international “child modeling” websites that sexually exploited young children has been sentenced to 12+ years in prison. *Article contains details some might find disturbing. Reader discretion advised*
Tatiana Power, 41, of Weston, Florida, handled many financial aspects of a business called Newstar Websites, the U.S. Justice Department said in aThe sentence was imposed by Tampa U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven after Power pleaded guilty earlier this year to a money laundering conspiracy charge.
Prosecutors say the company recruited people under age 18 from Ukraine, Moldova, and other Eastern European countries under the guise they would become “child models” on the websites. In fact, prosecutors say, they were used to make about 4.6 million exploitative videos and images that were sold on the websites to customers in 101 different countries.
The business used fraudulent bank accounts to launder some of the $9.4 million it made. Officials have disabled Newstar's servers and are seeking forfeiture of that money. Power was one of six people charged in connection to the case. Two have died, two others were sentenced to prison and the last defendant is not in U.S. custody.
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