Charles Anthony Forame, IV, Online Child Exploitation, Maryland 2024

Baltimore, Maryland

A 33-year-old Brooklyn Park man has been slapped with a 20-year prison sentence for his role in the online exploitation of multiple teenage girls.

Charles Anthony Forame, IV, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, by U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow for child sexual exploitation charges.

According to court documents, Forame used his Snapchat account to meet teenage girls online, coercing them to provide him with explicit images or engage in sexual acts in person. He falsely told the girls he was 19 to gain their trust and often promised to provide vapes or marijuana in exchange for explicit images or sex acts.

If the victims attempted to end the arrangement, Forame threatened to expose their images. The victims, ages 13-16, were middle-school and high-school students who were targeted by Forame between September 2023 and May 2024.

U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes commended the FBI, AACOPD, CCSO, St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office, Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office, Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office, Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office, St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office, and Calvert County Sheriff’s Office for their work in the investigation.

Hayes also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Colleen Elizabeth McGuinn, who is prosecuting the federal case.

This case is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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