A Toronto man has been sentenced to 33 years in U.S. prison for sexually exploiting 145 children online over a seven-year period, including one as young as 6.
Ramanan Pathmanathan, 40, was sentenced on May 27 for exploiting children on various social media platforms from at least March 2014 up until the day of his arrest on March 10, 2021, a U.S. Attorney’s Office statement says.
Pathmanathan contacted 145 boys and girls, primarily through Instagram and Facebook Messenger, demanding they engage in sexually explicit acts during video chats with him. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 30 to one count of production of child pornography and one count of coercion and enticement of a minor….