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

TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for traveling to Vietnam to sexually abuse minors he met online, in response to officials.

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

A number of the boys, based on the DOJ, were lured with promises of cash and gifts. Others introduced him as their English teacher.

The Tampa Bay Information says Homeland Security investigated the case in Tampa and in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis. It was part of Undertaking Safe Childhood, which was an effort to search out little one intercourse abuse started in 2006 by the DOJ.

“The legal guidelines of the US will nonetheless catch as much as baby predators who even journey to foreign nations to sexually abuse minor children. Due to HSI’s worldwide investigative authorities and robust partnerships, each at HSI Tampa and HSI Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Vietnam, this sexual predator was stopped from harming extra children and his sufferer can have the justice they deserve,” said HSI Tampa Assistant Special Agent in Cost John Dumas, in accordance with a news launch from mentioned HSI Tampa Assistant Particular Agent in Cost John Dumas.

Day pleaded guilty to two counts of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and two counts of tried coercion and enticement of a minor into illegal sexual activity, in keeping with the DOJ. Day has been sentenced to life in prison.

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