FBI Offers $25K Reward for Child Exploitation Suspect

0:00The FBI is putting up a reward of up to $25,000 for tips leading to the arrest of Austin Jan C. Yakko, a former North Texas guy. Wanted in a major child exploitation case, he's accused of being part of an online crew called Greggie's Colt, which ran from 2019 to 2021 on gaming sites and social. Media pushing out child porn material. This group tricked kids into recording sexual acts and shared the videos among members. It hit vulnerable children worldwide, even pressuring some into self-harm or worse, and it came before another dark network called 764. Yakko has deep roots in Plano, Texas, but he's on the run now, believed to be hiding in the Philippines. The whole thing has spokes fired up about protecting kids online, with the FBI stressing they're all in on hunting down these predators. A federal warrant dropped on January 23rd, 2026, out of the Eastern District of New York, and while Dallas is leading the probe, he'll face charges in Brooklyn of cotton.

1:02If you know anything, hit up the FBI Dallas office at 972-559-5,000 or 1-800-call FBI. Tips stay anonymous online too. A shut this down for good. Dallas News Today, powered by AI Bringing You What Matters, I'm Cory with The Story.