Florida man gets life in prison for traveling to Vietnam to sexually abuse minors – WFTV

TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man has been sentenced to life in jail for touring to Vietnam to sexually abuse minors he met online, based on officers.

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The U.S. Division of Justice says Christopher Edwin Day, 52, traveled two totally different times in 2015 and 2016 to Vietnam from Florida to have sexual encounters with minor Vietnamese boys. Court docket information say he flew backwards and forwards disguising himself as an English trainer.

A few of the boys, in response to the DOJ, had been lured with promises of money and presents. Others launched him as their English instructor.

The Tampa Bay News says Homeland Safety investigated the case in Tampa and in Ho Chi Minh City. It was a part of Undertaking Secure Childhood, which was an effort to find little one intercourse abuse began in 2006 by the DOJ.

“The laws of the United States will nonetheless catch as much as baby predators who even travel to overseas countries to sexually abuse minor kids. Thanks to HSI’s worldwide investigative authorities and powerful partnerships, both at HSI Tampa and HSI Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Vietnam, this sexual predator was stopped from harming extra children and his sufferer will have the justice they deserve,” mentioned HSI Tampa Assistant Particular Agent in Cost John Dumas, in line with a information launch from said HSI Tampa Assistant Particular Agent in Cost John Dumas.

Day pleaded responsible to 2 counts of travel with intent to interact in illicit sexual conduct and two counts of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor into unlawful sexual exercise, in response to the DOJ. Day has been sentenced to life in jail.

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