A top FBI agent went to X on Tuesday and personally pleaded with more than 900 people who he believes are victims of suspected child and adult pornography dealers — including athletes, actresses and influencers — to contact the FBI.
The move comes six months after “The Ho Zone” creator and accused kinky trafficker Kyle White, 25, was arrested for allegedly targeting hundreds of online users, extracting their images and selling them to subscribers of the Telegram messaging app under the name THZ Admin.
Some of the sexually explicit images, some of which feature children as young as 11, were illegally obtained from adults, according to the federal government.
“Victims include social media influencers, NCAA and semi-professional athletes, actresses, models, teenagers and victims of blackmail and sex extortion,” FBI New York Special Agent in Charge said. Leslie Bucksees said in the X video..
“If you or someone you know suspects that Mr. White has shared private images or videos of you without your permission, please report it,” Bucksees said.
Federal prosecutor White was charged with two counts of receiving and distributing. In January, he posted an advertisement for child pornography and condemned the illegal online sex market as “abhorrent and depraved.”
“The Ho Zone” appeared on Telegram in September 2022 and began collecting and distributing revenge porn and disturbing images harvested from other online sites to other online users, including social media influencers on OnlyFans, TikTok and Snapchat.
According to the complaint, on Oct. 6, 2022, the federal government said White launched “The Ho Zone Market,” which a year later had gained more than 3,600 subscribers, and the channel also had other channels such as “Tiktoker Private Leaks,” “Other Onlyfans Girls,” “Tiny T–s Onlyfans” and “Huge T–s Onlyfans.”
According to the lawsuit, White then planned to have more than 10,200 members on “The Ho Zone” by November 2023, selling the images for between $15 and $75.
He allegedly bragged to another Telegram user that he made over $300,000 in his first year.
According to federal prosecutors, he told another user that he didn’t want to stop distributing obscene material because “giving up $1,000 is easier said than done.”
The FBI is urging victims to come forward. THZ Victim Site Then fill out a simple form, and officials promise the information will be kept confidential.
White, of Louisville, Kentucky, faces up to 30 years in federal prison if convicted on the child pornography advertising charge and up to 20 years on the receipt and distribution charge.
He is being held at the Federal Detention Center in Brooklyn.
