Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 23

Operator Of National Sex Business Pleads Guilty To Obscenity, Tax Charges

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A man from Littleton, Colo. who oversaw a nationwide obscenity enterprise called Goalie Entertainment Holdings, Inc. pleaded guilty November 3 in Dallas for various federal obscenity and tax violations.

Edward J. Wedelstedt of Littleton agreed to forfeit his properties and commercial enterprises in Texas, in addition to the $1.25 million that he has already forfeited to the U.S. government. The guilty plea was the result of an extensive investigation by ICE and the Internal Revenue Service that began in 1998 and resulted in indictments against numerous other defendants in connection with this operation.

Wedelstedt pleaded guilty to transporting obscene matters for sale or distribution and engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Alonzo Pena, special agent-in-charge of ICE Investigations in San Antonio said, “This guilty plea exemplifies a true team effort among many law enforcement agencies. Our coordinated pursuit and investigative expertise in criminal interstate trafficking and tax fraud uncovered the individuals who distributed obscene material while engaging in federal tax crimes related to their illicit profits.”

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