Patrice Eileen Wilowski-Mevorah, Child Modeling Scheme, Florida 2024

A Florida woman has been sentenced to 5 years and 3 months in prison for her role in a money laundering scheme related to an international, subscription-based ‘child modeling’ website. Patrice Eileen Wilowski-Mevorah, 53, of Tampa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering on July 6, 2023.

According to court documents, Wilowski-Mevorah laundered at least $2.3 million for the company known as Newstar Enterprise, which operated for-profit websites under the guise of ‘child modeling.’ The websites, which were founded around 2005, used images and videos of minors, some as young as 6 years old, in sexual and provocative poses.

The Newstar Enterprise maintained a membership list for subscribers and customers from 101 countries, and the sale of ‘child modeling’ content on the websites generated more than $9.4 million during the course of the conspiracy. To process, receive, and distribute this money, Newstar Enterprise members fraudulently opened merchant and bank accounts in the United States and laundered proceeds using a bogus company.

Wilowski-Mevorah joined the Newstar Enterprise around 2009 and used the company’s accounts to conceal criminal proceeds from the Newstar Websites and transfer those proceeds back to principal members of the Newstar Enterprise. She continued to launder money for the enterprise until November 2019, when law enforcement authorities executed several search warrants and seized the Newstar websites’ servers in the United States and Europe.

As part of her sentence, the court ordered Wilowski-Mevorah to forfeit $236,410.70. The Newstar Enterprise is facing separate charges, with several co-defendants still pending trial or extradition.

Patrice Eileen Wilowski-Mevorah, Defendant, Tampa, Florida, 7/6/2023, 5 years and 3 months in prison, $236,410.70 forfeiture, Money laundering scheme related to ‘child modeling’ websites.

Defendant: Patrice Eileen Wilowski-Mevorah, Crime: Conspiracy to commit money laundering, State: Florida, Year: 2023.

Tags: Patrice Eileen Wilowski-Mevorah, money laundering, child modeling, Newstar Enterprise, Tampa, Florida.

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