This screenshot from an amateur sting video allegedly shows PlayStation executive George Cacioppo.
People v. Preds
A Sony senior vice president who worked on the PlayStation Network has been terminated from his job after getting caught up in an amateur pedophilia sting video.
George Cacioppo was allegedly trying to arrange a meeting with a person claiming to be a 15-year-old boy, according to a video posted Dec. 3 by the YouTube channel People v. Preds. Cacioppo had been a senior vice president of engineering at Sony for the past eight years, according to his LinkedIn profile. He has been fired after allegedly appearing in the video.
"We are aware of the situation and the employee in question has been terminated from employment," Sony said in an emailed statement Sunday.