A Bangladeshi national appeared in Alaska District Court this week after being charged by the United States in 2022 with operating an international child sexual exploitation enterprise.
According to court documents, in July 2022, Zobaidul Amin, 28, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Alaska with charges related to his alleged abuse and exploitation of hundreds of minor victims in Alaska, and elsewhere in the United States and abroad.
According to court documents, Amin used social media, including Instagram and Snapchat, to identify and coerce minor victims to produce images and videos of sexually explicit and sadistic conduct.
The FBI and the Justice Department have worked with Malaysian authorities since September 2022, when Amin was charged by the Attorney General’s Chambers of Malaysia with 13 counts related to the possession and production of child pornography. Amin was living in and attending medical school in Malaysia prior to the charges. He was transferred from Malaysia to Alaska by the FBI on March 4, 2026.
“It stands as one of the most prolific cases of alleged online child exploitation the United States has ever seen,” U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman for the District of Alaska said.
Amin arrest is part of the Trump administration’s effort to counter online sex exploitation by finding criminals hiding abroad and bringing them to face justice on American soil.
“The FBI’s commitment to protecting our children from exploitation doesn’t change whether an offender is here in the U.S. or overseas,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “In collaboration with our partners, we will continue to ensure perpetrators like Amin are held accountable and brought to justice.”
U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman for the District of Alaska said the case is of international magnitude.
“It stands as one of the most prolific cases of alleged online child exploitation the United States has ever seen,” he said. “We are grateful for the steady, strong collaboration among the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, law enforcement agencies and Malaysian partners that made this transfer possible, enabling us to move forward and seek justice for victims.”
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Amin is charged with one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography, one count of conspiracy to receive and distribute child pornography, one count of child exploitation enterprise, one count of production of child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography, one count of cyberstalking, two counts of aggravated identity theft and five counts of wire fraud. If convicted, he faces between 20 years to life in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The FBI Anchorage Field Office’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force investigated the case, with support from other state and federal agencies.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
