# Jong Woo Son

No alias recorded

Arrested, Indicted, Convicted

Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

Operator of Welcome to Video.

A conviction or guilty plea is recorded in this entry.

- Operator of the Welcome to Video darknet site.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 3 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Legal summary

**Associated takedowns:** [Welcome to Video seizure](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/welcome-to-video-seizure)

**Recorded role:** Operator of Welcome to Video

**Group segment:** Core operator

**Charging authority:** United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia

**Charging jurisdiction:** United States

**Case number:** Not published

**Latest recorded action:** Indicted, August 2018

**Nationality:** South Korea

**Country of residence:** South Korea

**Recorded sentence:** Served a term of imprisonment in South Korea

- [Associated takedowns](https://takedownindex.org/people/jong-woo-son)
- [Legal history](https://takedownindex.org/people/jong-woo-son/legal-history)
- [Charges](https://takedownindex.org/people/jong-woo-son/charges)
- [Sources](https://takedownindex.org/people/jong-woo-son/sources)

## Sources

Every claim on this person's pages traces to one of the entries below.

Official announcements come first, then the reporting that supports individual details.

1 source cited across 3 recorded actions

1. [1]
[South Korean National and Hundreds of Others Charged Worldwide in the Takedown of the Largest Darknet Child Pornography Website, Which was Funded by Bitcoin](https://takedownindex.org/sources/united-states-department-of-justice-south-korean-national-and-hundreds-of-others)

United States Department of Justice, October 16, 2019 Government release Source grade P1

Server seizure in South Korea, Son's arrest and US indictment, 337 arrests, 23 children rescued, site scale

No address recorded for this source. Publisher, title, and date are given so it can be retrieved from the publisher.

Coverage note. Nothing on this page rests on an uncited claim. Where a source is silent on an outcome, this entry leaves the outcome unstated rather than inferring one. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index.