Ramanan Pathmanathan eight-year sextortion campaign targeting 145+ children
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A Ramanan Pathmanathan sextortion campaign targeted more than 145 children across the United States, using fake social accounts and video chats to coerce minors and capture blackmail material. The operation ran for eight years, from March 2014 to March 10, 2021, and relied on impersonating a teenage boy from New Jersey to reach victims. It created severe exploitation and extortion risk by recording sexual acts and threatening to leak them to friends and family.
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First: 28.05.2026 12:25
Last: 28.05.2026 12:25
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A Canadian man was sentenced to 33 years in prison after pleading guilty to targeting more than 145 children across the United States, some as young as 6 years old, in an eight-year-long sextortion scheme.
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U.S. prosecutors **sentenced** **Ramanan Pathmanathan** for a **sextortion** case involving **more than 145 children**, imposing a **33-year prison term** and **10 years of superv...
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28.05.2026 12:25 1 articles · 2h ago
Ramanan Pathmanathan is arrested after targeting at least 145 children in a sextortion campaign
Campaign Scope UpdateRamanan Pathmanathan is arrested after contacting at least 145 young victims in the United States while posing as a teenage boy from New Jersey, using Instagram and Facebook Messenger to coerce minors into sexual acts and threatening to send recordings to their friends and family.
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- Sextortionist sentenced to 33 years for targeting 145 children — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 28.05.2026 12:25
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28.05.2026 12:25 1 articles · 2h ago
Ramanan Pathmanathan pleads guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor and child pornography production
Legal Policy Action UpdateRamanan Pathmanathan pleads guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor and one count of child pornography production after the campaign that targeted children across the United States.
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- Sextortionist sentenced to 33 years for targeting 145 children — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 28.05.2026 12:25
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28.05.2026 12:25 2 articles · 2h ago
Ramanan Pathmanathan is sentenced to 33 years in prison after pleading guilty
Legal Policy Action UpdateRamanan Pathmanathan is sentenced to 33 years in prison, must register as a sex offender, and must serve 10 years of supervised release after the guilty plea. He is already serving a 12-year prison term in Canada following a 2022 guilty plea to similar offenses there.
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- Sextortionist sentenced to 33 years for targeting 145 children — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 28.05.2026 12:25
- Sextortionist sentenced to 33 years for targeting 145 children — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 28.05.2026 12:25