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Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Engaging in a Child Exploitation Enterprise

FBI / US DOJ, May 1, 2017. Establishes the Playpen server seizure, the FBI's covert operation of the site under an NIT warrant, and the resulting prosecutions..

Source type
Law enforcement release
Published
May 1, 2017
Research grade
P1
Used in entries
17

Bibliographic record

Publisher
FBI / US DOJ
Published
May 1, 2017
Source type
Law enforcement release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/florida-man-sentenced-prison-engaging-child-exploitation-enterprise
What it supports
Establishes the Playpen server seizure, the FBI's covert operation of the site under an NIT warrant, and the resulting prosecutions.
Dataset id
src_fbi_playpen_2015

Research notes

  • Replacement official outcome source for generic source stub; also documents creator/lead administrator and sentence.
  • Open question on source_quality: Same inconsistency as the Megaupload source: official DOJ release graded S2 while other DOJ releases in this batch are P1.

How this source is used

Cited 17 times across 4 record types.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

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Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

Organization roles

2 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

Legal actions against people

13 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

Infrastructure

1 citation

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

  • 1 server

    Server taken over, Operation Pacifier / Playpen

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