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Ontario Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Sextortion
A 59-year-old Ontario man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for his role in the sexual exploitation of two minor girls in Michigan.
Antonio P. Fontana, who was extradited to the United States from Canada last year, pleaded guilty to charges related to the coerced sexual acts of two 14- and 15-year-old girls.
According to court records, Fontana used an internet website to pose as a 16-year-old boy and communicate with the girls, eventually coercing them into performing various sexual acts in front of an internet webcam on an almost daily basis.
Fontana recorded many of the sexual acts and threatened to post them online and send them to the girls’ friends and family if they did not continue to perform the acts. He also sent sexually explicit images of the girls to their email contacts and their mothers.
The investigation revealed that Fontana had exploited children from all over the world, including several in the United States, Finland, and England.
“This defendant used the internet to exploit and extort innocent children in the most humiliating way,” said United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade. “The bravery of the child in this case to come forward and report the perpetrator’s conduct certainly prevented other children from being exploited this way.”
The case was investigated by the FBI, the West Bloomfield Police Department, and the Durham Regional Police Service in Ontario, Canada, and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Douglas Salzenstein and Matthew Roth.
Key Facts
- State: Michigan
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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