Alec McGeary: Sydney IT worker, OnlyFans star, charged over online child abuse network

A young tech whiz who moonlights as an amateur porn star, has been arrested in an AFP raid over a suspected online child abuse network.

Alec McGeary, 20, charged by the AFP over child abuse material possession. Picture: Instagram

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An IT worker and amateur porn star from Sydney’s south has been charged over alleged links to an online network suspected of producing and sharing child abuse material across the country.

Formerly of Hobart, Tasmania, Alec McGeary was arrested in a raid of his Botany apartment on Wednesday by Australian Federal Police and officers from the NSW Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad.

It will be alleged in court officers found at least 11 videos on electronic devices seized during a search of the 20-year-old’s home.

Alec McGeary was granted conditional bail on Thursday.

McGeary was identified amid an ongoing Australia-wide investigation to a national network allegedly distributing child abuse material.

He was charged with possessing or controlling child abuse material using a carriage service and using a carriage service to access child abuse material.

The fresh-faced tech whiz, whose shirtless Instagram posts promote his profile on subscriber porn site OnlyFans, was held in custody overnight to appear before Central Local Court on Thursday.

He sat slumped in handcuffs when beamed in from the Sydney Police Centre, wearing a maroon T-shirt and blue jeans, his blond hair pushed back in a quiff.

McGeary’s social media is littered with shirtless photos.

Magistrate Philip Stewart granted McGeary strict conditional bail, but insisted his mother Kylie McGeary post a $2000 surety to ensure the Hobart-raised man did not leave the state.

Commonwealth prosecutors did not oppose bail, prompting Magistrate Stewart to make clear his “significant” concerns about releasing someone with few community ties in NSW.

The case against McGeary was “overwhelmingly strong” based on police facts before the court, which include some admissions, the magistrate said.

McGeary’s Facebook profile shows he grew up in Tasmania before moving to Sydney in early 2019.

The TAS TAFE graduate was previously employed as a service engineer at software company Axsys in his native Hobart, where he attended high school at Rosny College.

His mother was asked to post a $2000 surety for his release.

The investigation that sparked his arrest began in February following a tip from the United States’ National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

In the three months since it has led to dozens of charges being laid against several people across the country.

McGeary, who has been banned from accessing the internet as part of his bail conditions, will return to court on July 22.

Originally published as Alec McGeary: Sydney IT worker, OnlyFans star, charged over online child abuse network