A Pfizer vice president has been arrested on charges of receiving, possessing and distributing child pornography. Alan Hesketh, 61, was arrested at JFK airport by federal agents Wednesday and is being held without bond, reports the newspaper The Day.
Hesketh, who works on patent issues in the firm’s offices in New London, Conn., is currently on leave from the company, a Pfizer spokesman told the WSJ . The company is “cooperating fully with authorities,” the spokesman added.
A call from the WSJ Law Blog to Hesketh’s lawyer wasn’t immediately returned this morning.
Hesketh is accused of posing as a 28-year-old woman in online chats while trading images of children engaged in sexual acts, according to a court document filed in the case. He signed on as “Suzybibaby” from his home, as well as from an Internet address registered to Pfizer in New York.
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