HOUSTON – One of the world’s most prolific alleged child sextortion suspects has been extradited to the United States to face federal charges, following an extensive FBI Houston investigation and a conviction in Canada.

Ramanan Pathmanathan, who previously pleaded guilty on similar charges and was sentenced to 12 years in Canada, was brought to the U.S. last week despite appealing his extradition, according to FBI Houston.

He’s facing an 11-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in 2022. including 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of coercion and enticement of a minor.

“Ramanan Pathmanathan is allegedly one of the most prolific child predators and sextortionists FBI Houston has ever encountered. By deliberately targeting and methodically sexually expl

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