"We have arrested Saadat Amin, 45, from Sargodha district of Punjab province on the charges of selling child pornography on Internet," Federal Investigation Agency cyber crime wing Lahore chief Shahid Hasan told PTI.
He said the FIA has taken action after receiving a letter from the Norwegian embassy that its police had arrested a man - James Lindstone - in connection with the child pornographic content and Amin was one of his accomplices in Pakistan.
The official further said the suspect had been selling child pornographic content online for last few years to customers in Norway and Sweden.
"The suspect used to lure children on the pretext of imparting computer hardware and software education and even paid their parents. So far we have the information that some 20 to 25 children have been used by the suspect for the sexual act he filmed for the purpose. Besides he hacked thousands of porn child content from the inaccessible websites of Russia and Bangladesh which he sold online and made good bucks," the FIA official said.
The FIA said the suspect who is an "engineering graduate and a very good hacker".
"A thorough investigation is underway and we will also expose other persons involved in this heinous crime," the FIA official said.
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