WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
Jackson, TN -Peter Anthony Pappas, 41, of Jackson, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his online exploitation of several minors from January to March 2024. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
According to information presented in court, Pappas was federally indicted for using deception to manipulate several minors into providing him with confidential information which he used for fraudulent purposes. Specifically, Pappas used the information to gain unauthorized access to online accounts belonging to th...