A federal jury in Hartford found Onai Kedar Wilbert Wright, 27, of Bridgeport, guilty of several child exploitation offenses on July 17. The announcement was made by David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Evidence presented during the trial showed that on March 14, 2025, an Online Covert Employee with the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force in Cleveland observed Wright engaging in sexually explicit activity with a 15-year-old female via a live video stream on the internet application ‘Fambase.’ Investigators used mobile communications data and information from AirBnB to locate Wright at a residence in Norwich, Connecticut. Authorities took Wright into custody at that location along with the minor victim and two adult females.
The investigation determined that Wright met the minor victim when she was 14 years old. They recorded themselves engaging in sexual activity and shared those recordings. Wright also created an OnlyFans account where he uploaded sexually explicit videos involving the minor victim and pressured her to create additional content for this account. In early March 2025, Wright traveled with the minor victim to Ohio intending to produce more sexually explicit online content. Police in Vermilion, Ohio conducted a welfare check on March 6 after receiving a tip about the minor victim and subsequently contacted the FBI.
Wright was convicted of one count of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in prostitution or criminal sexual activity, one count of production of child pornography, two counts of receipt of child pornography, and one count of transportation of child pornography. At sentencing—which has not yet been scheduled—Wright faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years imprisonment and could receive up to life imprisonment.
Wright has been detained since his arrest on related state charges on March 14, 2025. The case involved assistance from multiple law enforcement agencies including local police departments from Norwich, Bridgeport, Cromwell, Ansonia, as well as authorities from New London State’s Attorney’s Office and police departments in Vermilion and Norwalk (Ohio). Assistant U.S. Attorneys Angel M. Krull and Katherine E. Boyles are prosecuting this case.
This prosecution is part of Project Safe Childhood Initiative led by the U.S. Department of Justice aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation.
The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut serves all residents within Connecticut; it prosecutes federal crimes as well as civil cases involving the U.S government across this district while employing approximately 68 assistant attorneys along with support staff members, according to its official website.