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The founder of a California-based porn empire that coerced young women into filming adult videos has been arrested in Spain, three years after he fled while facing federal sex-trafficking charges, the FBI announced.

Michael James Pratt was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. Spanish National Police arrested him Wednesday in Madrid, the FBI’s San Diego field office said in a statement Thursday.

Pratt, a New Zealand native, will be held in Spain pending extradition to San Diego to face charges of sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a minor, production of child pornography and money laundering conspiracy.

Pratt, 40, founded the now-defunct GirlsDoPorn website in San Diego. In 2019, he and others were charged in San Diego with sex crimes after being targeted in a civil lawsuit by 22 women who claimed they were victimized by fraud and breach of contract.

The women said they were plied with alcohol and marijuana before being rushed through signing a contract, which they were not allowed to read. Some said they were sexually assaulted and held in hotel rooms unwillingly until adult filming had ended.

A judge found in favor of the women and handed down a $12.7 million judgment against Pratt, Matthew Isaac Wolfe and adult producer and performer Ruben Andre Garcia.

Wolfe, who handled day-to-day operations, finances, marketing and filming for the website, pleaded guilty this year to a single federal count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. He awaits sentencing.

The other co-defendants also pleaded guilty. Garcia was sentenced to 20 years in prison and cameraman Theodore Gyi received a four-year sentence.

Valorie Moser, a former bookkeeper for GirlsDoPorn, also pleaded guilty last year.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has maintained a FBI Ten Most Wanted List since 1950 when it named Thomas Holden to the list. Thomas Holden would eventually be arrested in 1961 thanks to a friendly tip. In this article we are going to look at the FBI Ten Most Wanted List for 2021 and the men that occupy the list.

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Octaviano Juarez-Corro

Crimes – Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution – First Degree Intentional Homicide, First Degree Attempted Intentional Homicide

Summary – Octaviano Juarez-Corro, allegedly killed two people and injured three others when he brazenly fired multiple shots into a crowded Milwaukee park

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Rafael Caro-Quintero

Crime – Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering; Conspiracy to Commit Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering; Conspiracy to Kidnap a Federal Agent; Kidnapping of a Federal Agent; Felony Murder of a Federal Agent; Aiding and Abetting; Accessory After the Fact

Summary – Rafael Caro-Quintero, considered a godfather of Mexican drug trafficking and wanted for the 1985 murder of a U.S. federal agent

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias

Crime – Racketeering Conspiracy (RICO); Cocaine Importation Conspiracy; Possession of Machine Guns; Conspiracy to Possess Machine Guns

Summary – Yulan Adonay Archaga Carias, the alleged leader of MS-13 for all of Honduras, has been added to the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list,

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Eugene Palmer

Crime – Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution – Murder

Summary – Eugene Palmer, wanted for allegedly killing his daughter-in-law outside her home in Stony Point, New York, has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel

Crime – Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution – First Degree Murder, Second Degree Murder, First Degree Assault, Second Degree Assault, Dangerous Weapon with Intent to Injure

Summary – Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel, a 26-year-old wanted for the April 2015 murder of his wife in Maryland,

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Alejandro Castillo

Crime – Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution – Murder

Summary – Alejandro Castillo, a North Carolina teen charged with murdering his former girlfriend in 2016

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Arnoldo Jimenez

Crime – Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution – First Degree Murder

Summary – Arnoldo Jimenez, an Illinois man wanted for allegedly murdering his new bride less than 24 hours after marrying her, has been named to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Jason Derek Brown

Crime – Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution – First Degree Murder, Armed Robbery

Summary – Jason Derek Brown is wanted for murder and armed robbery in Phoenix, Arizona. During November of 2004, Brown allegedly shot and killed an armored car guard outside a movie theater and then fled with the money.

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Alexis Flores

Crime – Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution – Kidnapping, Murder

Summary – Alexis Flores is wanted for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of a five-year-old girl in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The girl was reported missing in late July of 2000, and was later found strangled to death in a nearby apartment in early August of 2000

FBI 10 Most Wanted List – Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez

Crime – Interstate Stalking and Conspiracy to Commit Murder-for-Hire

Summary – Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez, wanted for allegedly directing individuals to track and murder a man in Southlake, Texas, has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. A reward of up to $1 million is available for information leading to his arrest.

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