U.S. Sentences Woman in $2 Million Child Porn Scam

A Florida woman was sentenced to five years and three months in federal prison for laundering cash for a sexually-exploitive enterprise operating “child modeling” websites. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said last week that Patrice Eileen Wilowski-Mevorah, 53, of Tampa, pleaded guilty on July 6 to laundering around US$2.3 million for the Newstar Enterprise company, whose for-profit websites (The Newstar Websites) sexually exploited minors under the guise of “child modeling”. The plea deal also required forfeiture of $236,410.70. Wilowski-Mevorah joined the Newstar Enterprise around 2009, creating payment-processing and bank accounts for a phony jewelry company. For 10 years she…