Overview
- French police detained Wiseman on November 1 in Kilstett, Alsace, and extradition proceedings to the United States are underway, according to Scottsdale police.
- The U.S. Department of Justice issued a warrant in September that was transmitted to French authorities, prompting action.
- In addition to U.S. child sexual exploitation cases, he faces separate allegations in France of rape and sexual assault of a minor under 15, according to the reports.
- Wiseman previously cut an electronic monitor after a 2008 arrest, was caught in Spain and extradited, pleaded guilty in 2012, and later escaped again while on parole.
- Investigators say he lived in Europe as Robert Danilewski using a Polish passport, adopted two children in Vietnam, was flagged in Spain during a pilot-license bid, and Scottsdale’s police chief publicly thanked the FBI for its partnership.