Sony executive George Cacioppo fired ‘after trying to meet up with boy, 15, from Grindr in pedophile sting operation’
SONY executive George Cacioppo has been fired after allegedly being caught trying to meet up with a 15-year-old boy on Grindr in an amateur pedophile sting operation.
The former senior vice president of engineering reportedly thought he was speaking with a teenage boy on the social networking app for the LGBTQ community.
Cacioppo identified himself as “Jeff” and exchanged pictures with a decoy working with YouTube channel People v. Preds.
He then gave the decoy his address in Carmen Valley, San Diego so they could meet up and have sex.
In a video posted by People v. Preds, a man who looks like Cacioppo and is wearing a PlayStation 5 shirt is seen waiting by his front door.
When confronted by the camera person who begins asking questions about who he was trying to meet up with, Cacioppo says “we can have a conversation or I can call the cops” before walking inside and shutting the door.
In a statement to CNET, Sony said: “We are aware of the situation and the employee in question has been terminated from employment.”
It’s not clear if police have been alerted about the incident. The Sun has reached out to the San Diego Police Department for comment.
However, People v. Preds told Kotaku that they posted the video on YouTube because authorities don’t work with vigilante “cyber groups.”
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Still, the group said it did still share the evidence with authorities.
People v. Preds also posted screenshots that supposedly show the interaction between Cacioppo and their decoy.
In the messages, Cacioppo is seen to ask the decoy about their sexual experience and send them pictures of his genitals.
Cacioppo had worked as senior vice president of the PlayStation Network since 2013.
According to his LinkedIn, he previously worked with TurboTax and PostScript.
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