To Catch a Predator · Herndon investigation
Aladdin Shamoun
Aladdin Shamoun was confronted during the northern Virginia investigation. Charges and an arrest warrant followed, but he left before being taken into custody.
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- Outcome
- Charged
- Evidence
- Attributed reporting
- Jurisdiction
- Fairfax County, Virginia
- Encounter
- Not established
- Decoy posed as
- Girl3
- Case number
- Not established
Personal details
- Born
- January 3, 1959
- Occupation
- Waiter
- Marital status
- Single
- Hair
- Black
Charges & sentence
Charges awaiting verification
We have not established filed charges from the available evidence. This is a gap in our research, not a finding about this case.
Sentence
A verified sentence has not yet been added.
Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.
Case records
Hansen investigationCharged
Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. No conviction, sentence, or current whereabouts established.
Sources 5
Case narrative
Biography
Aladdin immigrated to the U.S. from Egypt, intent on following the American dream.
Aftermath
After being exposed, Aladdin was one of the few men officially charged and a warrant was issued for his arrest with the Fairfax County Police in Virginia. Aladdin absconded to Egypt before he could even be taken into custody. In April of 2023, Hansen described in his Predators I've Caught Podcast how he was particularly disturbed by Aladdin at the time of the sting because the decoy, at twelve-years-old, was the youngest ever used in Hansen's investigations to that point.
Trivia
Aladdin is one of the two Egyptian predators, the other being Mohamad Abdalla . Like Abdalla, he also absconded before being convicted. Aladdin has a partial uncut interview that was created utilising his Predator Raw footage and televised footage shown in the original episode.
Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.
Aladdin Shamoun, To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors; see revision and history links. · CC-BY-SA
Media
Sources
- 1 Aladdin Shamoun on MegaphonePublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 2 Aladdin Shamoun on SpotifyPublic episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
- 3Aladdin Shamoun (community wiki)Attributed community article. Revision date describes the article update, not a court or sting event. Full infobox, narrative sections, references and assets are retained in the private archive.
- 4Aladdin Shamoun: occupation informationThe profile infobox lists these occupations. Undated roles do not establish current employment.
- 5Aladdin Shamoun: legal outcome (revision 14973)Aladdin Shamoun was confronted during the northern Virginia investigation. Charges and an arrest warrant followed, but he left before being taken into custody.