Posted on 02/09/2017 9:03:18 AM PST by Perseverando
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, February 7, 2017
A member of a highly sophisticated, global child exploitation enterprise dedicated to the sexual exploitation of children was sentenced to prison today.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose of the Western District of North Carolina; Special Agent in Charge John A. Strong of the FBI’s Charlotte, North Carolina, Division; Special Agent in Charge Amy Hess of the FBI’s Louisville, Kentucky, Division made the announcement.
David Lynn Browning, 47, of Wooton, Kentucky, was sentenced to 240 months in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, along with a lifetime term of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Richard L. Voorhees of the Western District of North Carolina imposed the sentence. Browning pleaded guilty on Dec. 18, 2015, and has remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service since his arrest on July 29, 2015.
According to admissions made in connection with the plea, Browning acted as the global moderator of a highly-sophisticated global enterprise dedicated to the sexual exploitation of children, organized via a members-only website that operated on the Tor anonymity network, through which he and more than 150,000 other members authored and viewed tens of thousands of postings relating to sexual abuse of children as young as infants and toddlers. According to admissions, Browning was heavily involved in the day-to-day operations of the website – including managing membership, developing and enforcing strict rules and deleting website content that did not depict or discuss child pornography. Browning also admitted to spending hundreds of hours logged in to the website – authoring more than 1,000 postings, and designing the website logo. In addition, Browning admitted that website members employed advanced technological means in order to undermine law enforcement’s attempts to identify them, including the use of a hidden service on the Tor anonymity network and elaborate file encryption.
On Sept. 16, 2016, a federal jury convicted co-defendant and lead administrator of the site, Steven W. Chase, 57, of Naples, Florida, of engaging in a child exploitation enterprise and related charges. A sentencing date for Chase has not yet been set. On Jan. 12, 2017, co-defendant and co-administrator of the site, Michael Fluckiger, 46, of Portland, Indiana, was sentenced to 240 months in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise, along with lifetime supervised release.
As a result of the ongoing investigation, at least 51 alleged hands-on abusers have been prosecuted and 55 American children who were subjected to sexual abuse have been successfully identified or rescued.
The FBI’s Violent Crimes Against Children Section, Major Case Coordination Unit and Digital Analysis and Research Center investigated the case with assistance from the FBI’s Charlotte, Louisville, Tampa and Boston, Field Offices. Trial Attorney Reginald E. Jones of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Cortney Randall of the Western District of North Carolina prosecuted the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and CEOS, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
17-156 Criminal Division Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
USAO - North Carolina, Western Topic: Project Safe Childhood Updated February 7, 2017
"According to admissions made in connection with the plea, Browning acted as the global moderator of a highly-sophisticated global enterprise dedicated to the sexual exploitation of children, organized via a members-only website that operated on the Tor anonymity network, through which he and more than 150,000 other members authored and viewed tens of thousands of postings relating to sexual abuse of children as young as infants and toddlers."
"As a result of the ongoing investigation, at least 51 alleged hands-on abusers have been prosecuted and 55 American children who were subjected to sexual abuse have been successfully identified or rescued."
NATIONAL PIZZA DAY
“150,000 other members”
Name them.
This is his sentencing. And maybe some of the info they collected does implicate people like Anthony Weiner. But the list that was shared yesterday is way too far fetched with people like Nancy Pelosi and John McCain on it. No matter how much I can’t stand those two idiots...I don’t see anyway they’d be involved in a pedophile ring (at least not directly). But then again Hastert was a surprise...so who knows.
Then castrate them. Then send them to castro street in san Francisco
I wish they would. Once they are convicted, this should be public.
Name them."
Uh ... well, let's see ... there's Joe, and Mike, and ... uh ... you know, that guy who hangs around the Dairy Queen, and ... uh ...
Where do they get the children?
Pizza indictments coming now with Sessions?
Most homosexuals were sexually abused as children.
They want to normalize their behavior to attain better access to YOUR children.
Absolutely name them all.. counting on Wikileaks or someone to stand up for innocent children. “Hell is For Children”... Pat Benetar.
Evil people count on your Normalcy Bias. That is how these evil politicians, whom you know embrace baby-killing and sodomizing others—both vile, dehumanizing acts, and you refuse to believe people with such evil worldview are capable of abusing the weak and most vulnerable when they even prey on the healthy and strong 24/7, and try to destroy their freedoms?
Geeesh. Open your eyes. Evil people (who desire power over others like most politicians) do evil things—ALWAYS. I guarantee it. Read Machiavelli.
Cripes! What part of KY was this SOB in?? Pedodestra, Killary and Bill next? Have a pizza and smile.
Well at least they had standards. I mean, we wouldn't want to mess up a pedo website with recipes or home improvement tips.
umm, read the date on the press release.
There is below the law and above the law, this is inequality, ha
Wooton, Kentucky. Looks like a small town in eastern Kentucky.
PING!!!
“According to admissions made in connection with the plea, Browning acted as the global moderator of a highly-sophisticated global enterprise dedicated to the sexual exploitation of children, organized via a members-only website that operated on the Tor anonymity network, through which he and more than 150,000 other members authored and viewed tens of thousands of postings relating to sexual abuse of children as young as infants and toddlers.”
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