Florida men charged in 'truly heinous' global child porn ring involving over 1M files

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement FDLE Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and representatives from Homeland Safety Investigations HSI have arrested seven Florida residents in an ongoing international child sexual abuse material CSAM crime ring scrutiny Representatives say the men purchased the material through ads on TikTok and that the ringleader is inferred to be in Turkey One undercover agent working the episode was able to purchase terabytes of child pornography comprising roughly million videos and pictures according to Special Agent in Charge Mark Brutnell It s disgusting that child sexual abuse material is advertised in plain view on apps such as TikTok and we will continue fighting to get these major social media companies to do their part in shutting down the spread of this material I m grateful for our FDLE partners who uncovered this deviant setup and highlighted their sickening actions Our Statewide Prosecutors will ensure these disgusting criminals face justice reported Attorney General James Uthmeier FLORIDA AUTHORITIES DIVIDED OVER ICE DEPORTATION DEAL AIMED AT CRIMINAL ALIENS 'EMBARRASSED FOR OUR CITY'The alleged ringleader is in Turkey according to Florida s attorney general A warrant is out for his arrest and investigators are working to extradite him to Florida The arrests of these predators are just the beginning Every image of child abuse leaves a lasting scar on an innocent life and we will aggressively prosecute these heinous crimes noted Uthmeier The analysis started in July after an FDLE agent doing a proactive criminal review of a website known to advertise child sexual abuse discovered someone selling content Upon identifying the user the detectives initiated a full inspection and uncovered multiple listings from the same seller They were able to have the website down within a week SON OF SUSPECTED WOULD-BE TRUMP ASSASSIN ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGESThe suspect Krunalkumar Modi of New Jersey was arrested on July and charged with counts of promotion of sexual performance by a child five counts of out-of-state transmission of child sexual abuse material five counts of distribution of obscene material and two counts of unlawful use of a two-way communication device The agents were also able to uncover that Modi was part of a larger distribution ring lead by John De Vil John De Vil has been officially identified as Mehmet Bozuyuk who presently resides in Adana Turkey Bozuyuk has several stolen identities and has used them in order to sell and distribute CSAM globally through money mules like Modi and Ximena Maqueda an Oregon resident according to a announcement published by FDLE The study resulted in the arrest of seven CSAM ring customers residing in Florida The customers are in the present charged with conspiracy to commit RICO purchase of child sexual abuse material and unlawful use of a two-way communication device Arrest warrants are also ongoing for Executives are asking that people go to the FDLE website to review tips for keeping your children safe online at https www secureflorida org SF Family-Safety BPParents