PHILADELPHIA — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), published as received.

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Anthony Greene, aka “Maino” and “Von,” 37, of Trooper, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged by indictment with two counts each of manufacture of child pornography; use of an interstate commerce facility to entice a minor, and attempt to entice a minor, to engage in sexual conduct; and receipt of child pornography, and one count each of possession of child pornography and possession of a firearm by a felon.

The defendant is scheduled to appear in federal court on Friday for an arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott W. Reid.

The indictment alleges that from March to June 2025, Greene used social media platforms to sexually exploit several minors, who ranged in age from 13 to 17. In some instances, the defendant used these platforms to persuade the minors to self-produce sexually explicit images or videos of themselves. In other instances, he encouraged them to transmit sexually explicit images of minors. The indictment further alleges that he possessed child pornography and possessed a firearm as a felon.

If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of life imprisonment.

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. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit projectsafechildhood.gov.

The case was investigated by the FBI Philadelphia Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force and the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office Criminal Investigative Division and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Amanda McCool and Meghan A. Farley.

The charges and allegations contained in the indictment are merely accusations. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.