'The chart indicates whether each country had on-line banking and whether citizens of New Zealand, like, could obtain a visa,' the document stated.Īccording to the prosecution, if Wolfe were to flee to his native New Zealand, where his fiance and her children stayed for an extended visit last winter, 'it would take years to extradite him back to the US.'ĭuring the raid in October 2019, federal agents also found evidence of efforts to harass and intimidate the victims of GirlsDoPorn and their lawyers. In late April, federal prosecutors filed their response opposing Wolfe's request, in which they argued that as a citizen of New Zealand with in-depth knowledge of cryptocurrency and a suspected access to hundreds of thousands of dollars, he is a flight risk, and that if freed, he would 'obstruct justice and intimidate prospective witnesses.'Īccording to the filing, FBI agents found a chart inside the office listing countries that do not extradite people to the US. Wolfe, GirlsDoPorn's chief videogrpaher, has been in jail from the time of his arrest in the fall of 2019.Īt the height of the coronavirus pandemic last spring, he filed a motion seeking to be released on bail, citing his mild sleep apnea a risk factor for contracting COVID-19 behind bars, as Vice first reported. Pratt, a native of New Zealand, went on the run in June 2019. In October 2019, federal agents raided GirlsDoPorn's offices in San Diego, seizing documents and material evidence against Wolfe and Pratt.Ī day after the search, Wolfe, Pratt and two staffers, including Garcia, were charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. Pratt's pornography websites generated more than $17million in revenue. Allegedly, some of the women were sexually assaulted,' according to the FBI. 'Some women were not permitted to leave the shooting locations until the videos were made and others were allegedly forced to perform certain sex acts they had declined to do. Pratt allegedly paid other young women working for him to act as references or provide false assurances to the women that, if they filmed a video, the video would not be distributed on the internet. The models were promised anonymity and were told that the videos would be provided to private collectors on DVD, not posted online. Women who answered the ads were told that the jobs were, in fact, sex videos, and that they would be paid between $3,000-$5,000 for a one-day shoot. The site was operated by Michael Pratt (left) and Matthew Wolfe (right). Pratt, from New Zealand, remains on the run and is on FBI's Most Wanted listĪccording to the FBI, between 20, Pratt and his co-conspirators allegedly recruited young women from around the US by posting advertisements for clothed modeling jobs on the internet. Last month, Garcia, an adult film actor, pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, and one count of conspiracy to sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. 'Our prosecutors will leave no stone unturned in our effort to stop the tragedy of human trafficking and bring justice and restorative resources to its victims.' 'There is a high price to be paid by those who fraudulently exploit young women and forever alter their lives for profit,' said US Attorney Robert Brewer. Gyi said that he filmed about 120 videos for GirlsDoPorn and GirlsDoToys. Gyi also admitted that he was aware that Pratt, Wolfe, co-defendant Ruben Garcia, and other associates were lying to the women that if they agreed to appear in a video, it would not be posted on the internet. To help convince the models that the sex videos would not be posted on the internet, Gyi told some that he believed online pornography was 'cheap.' 'Nonetheless, Gyi continued to lie and personally assured the young women he filmed that the videos would not be posted publicly,' according to federal officials. Gyi told federal investigators that over the course of his employment, he learned that Wolfe and Pratt were posting many of the X-rated videos that he filmed on GirlsDoPorn and GirlsDoToys, where they were available to anyone willing to pay for access. Theodore 'Teddy' Gyi, 42, a cameraman for the adult website GirlsDoPorn, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercionĪs part of his plea deal, Gyi admitted that at the start of his employment he was instructed by Wolfe that, if any of the young female models asked, he should tell them that the sex videos he was shooting would not be posted on the internet.