FBI agents escort Zobaidul Amin to an airplane in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 4, 2026, for transport to Anchorage, Alaska, where he faces charges of child pornography and exploitation. AP
A Bangladeshi man accused of using social media to trick teenage girls into sending him sexually explicit images – and then threatening to share them with their friends and family if they didn't send more – has been transported to Alaska to face federal charges of child sexual exploitation.
Zobaidul Amin, 28, pleaded not guilty during an initial court appearance in Anchorage on Thursday after the FBI took custody of him in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he had been studying medicine and facing related charges, US prosecutors wrote in a detention memorandum.
"Amin delighted in sexually abusing hundreds of minor victims over social media," the document said. "He bragged about causing victims to become suicidal and engage in self-harm. He shared hundreds of nude images and videos of minor victims all over the internet and encouraged other perpetrators to do the same."
A federal grand jury indicted Amin in 2022 on charges including child pornography, cyberstalking and wire fraud. He adopted false identities, often posing as a teenager, to trick victims into sending him explicit images, prosecutors said.
