A Brooklyn youth basketball coach was arrested Thursday on federal charges alleging he paid minors, including at least one he met through a church-run program, to produce explicit material that he shared through an encrypted messaging app.

Michael Jafferakos, who has coached and later served as commissioner for the Catholic basketball league since 2017, was taken into custody Sept. 25 after Homeland Security Investigations agents searched his Brooklyn home.

Investigators allege Jafferakos admitted to paying multiple minors to produce sexually explicit material between July 2024 and September 2025.

An attorney for Jafferakos did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.

The Diocese of Brooklyn said that following his arrest, Jafferakos was immediately suspended fro

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