Child porn convict used Playstation network to film children, prosecutors say
A Butler County man who has already been sentenced to life in prison for running a child pornography ring was sentenced to 30 additional years in prison in Ohio on Wednesday.
Jason Gmoser, the 43-year-old adopted son of Butler County Prosecutor Michael Gmoser, was arrested back in 2014. Two years later, he was sentenced to life plus 50 years for helping to run the "largest and most sophisticated members-only child pornography website in existence," according to court documents.
The additional federal charges filed in federal court in Ohio state Gmoser used a webcam to film and record sexually explicit videos of himself and minor males through the Playstation network. Prosecutors said two of the victims were 8 and 11.
"Gmoser offered Playstation gift cards to the boy for exposing himself," the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio stated in a press release.
Investigators said Gmoser also met with the boy and his family across state lines multiple times in person taking the boy to the movies, out to eat and buying things for his family.
After his computers and hard drives were seized, agents said they found 900 videos recorded between 2011 and 2014 and 448 of those were of the 8-year-old victim, court records state.
Gmoser pleaded guilty to this new set of charges in December 2022. He is currently been held at the Boone County Detention Center. It is unclear to which federal facility he will be transferred.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Child porn convict used Playstation network to film children
