LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 24-year-old Louisville man was arrested on child pornography charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Kyle White was charged with advertisement of child pornography and receipt and distribution of child pornography.
According to a release, White allegedly ran an online pornography marketplace known as "The Ho Zone" on the message application Telegram. He advertised and sold the pornography to thousands of members and subscribers.
Once a user paid White for content, they would receive numerous sexually explicit photographs and videos of a woman or minor that White had compiled, enhanced and edited, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Some of those minors were as young as 11 years old and victims engaging with sexually explicit conduct with their siblings.
He claimed to have made more than $300,000 in the first year of operating the site.
"Kyle White’s alleged conduct is abhorrent and depraved. As alleged, from behind a computer screen in the comfort of his own home, White ran a lucrative and illegal online pornography marketplace called ‘The Ho Zone,’ where he sold access to child pornography and illegally obtained adult pornography to thousands of people," U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a news release. "White’s alleged callous disregard for his victims is striking — White profited at the expense of innocent children, whose sexual abuse and trauma White broadcasted to the world in high definition."
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