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Columbus Man Arrested In Global Child Porn Website Crackdown

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia

Published October 17, 2019 at 5:09 AM EDT

A Columbus man has been indicted in connection with the largest-ever takedown of a Darknet child pornography website.

Alex Paxton is one of more than 300 people across 24 states who allegedly accessed the Bitcoin-powered website Welcome to Video. Investigators say they seized the site's server in March and discovered thousands of child porn videos. Other suspects have been arrested around the globe.