FBI arrests man in connection to website that trafficks in child sex abuse stories

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The FBI has arrested a man in Terlingua who they say owned and operated a website that trafficked in text stories about the sexual abuse of children. Thomas Alan Arthur has been charged with importation or transportation of obscene matters, engaging in the business or selling or transferring obscene matter and obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children. According to a criminal complaint, the FBI believes that from January 2005 through November 7, 2019 Alan was the owner and operator of an unnamed website that trafficked in text stories about the sexual abuse of children. The website charged subscribers to access more than 25,000 stories written by more than 2,200 authors. The complaint states that the website's copyright indicated that it had been active since 1996.

source: Article 'FBI arrests man in connection to website that trafficks in child sex abuse stories'; www.cbs7.com/content/news/FBI-arrests-man-in-connection-to-website-that-trafficks-in-child-sex-abuse-stories-564860402.html; CBS7; 13 November 2019