The 28-year-old Rincon resident who served as The Annex’s second in command was found guilty in this trial, which was the first of its kind according to organized crime laws.
There were 90,000 users on The Annex, and the chief moderator and second in command was 28-year-old Nathan Bake, a tire fitter from Rincon, Cheshire.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) and US law enforcement conducted an international investigation that resulted in the removal of the website, where pedophiles posted millions of photographs showing the most extreme types of child abuse.
The operation’s mastermind was sentenced to life in American prison, and the other fourteen Americans implicated were given sentences varying from six to twenty-eight years.
Three British moderators are charged
