ALLEGED INTERNET PREDATOR CAUGHT IN STING CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPTING TO DISSEMINATE PORNOGRAPHY TO A MINOR

Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced today the arrest of a 45 year old
man who believed that he had arranged a rendevous to have sex with a 13 year old girl who was
in fact an undercover detective.

Shiv Nair, of 19 Stanton Street, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, was taken into custody
Friday afternoon when he arrived at River Plaza Shopping Center on West 225th Street in the
Bronx. Nair has been charged with Attempted Disseminating Indecent Material to Minors in the
1st and 2nd degrees. If convicted of the most serious offense, a Class E felony offense, Nair could
be sentenced to a maximum term of up to 4 years imprisonment. The investigation is continuing
and additional charges could be filed pending the forensic examination of the defendant’s
computer.

NYPD Detectives assigned to the Bronx District Attorney’s Squad took Nair into custody
when he arrived at a Starbucks’ Coffee Shop for a pre-arranged meeting that he allegedly had set
up on the Internet. The meeting was the result of more than 24 hours of conversations with a
person whom the defendant believed to be a girl who was a minor. The two had met in an AOL
chat room on December 8, 2006. It is alleged that during the course of Internet chats occurring
over several days, Nair sent the ‘young girl’ pornographic photographs and videos, as well as
home made music videos of love songs that the defendant had written for her.

At the time of his arrest, Nair allegedly was in possession of baby oil, condoms, beer, a
CD containing pornographic images, and a regular feature length comedy DVD. According to
investigators the defendant allegedly had arranged to meet his ‘13 year old victim’ at Starbucks
and then go back to her apartment to have sex while her father was out of town.

The defendant, a 45 year old man with an MBA from Tulane University, is a former
manager of development and finance at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Assistant District Attorney Wendy Thomas of the Investigations Division is prosecuting
the case.