David Paul Lynch, Child Sex Tourism, Florida 2017

A federal jury has found David Paul Lynch, 56, of Venice, guilty of eight counts of producing and attempting to produce child pornography, two counts of traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, one count of receiving child pornography, and one count of possessing child pornography.

The jury delivered their verdict in Tampa, Florida, on January 11, 2018. Lynch faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, up to 30 years, in federal prison for each production count, up to 30 years' imprisonment for each travel count, a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years, up to 20 years, for receiving child pornography, and up to 10 years in prison for possessing child pornography.

Lynch was arrested in San Francisco attempting to board a flight to the Philippines on December 30, 2016

According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, Lynch traveled to the Philippines regularly between 2005 and 2016 to have sex with children and make recordings of the abuse. Prior to his trips, he communicated online with individuals in the Philippines in order to locate children to sexually exploit.

Lynch produced child pornography of at least three Filipino children on these visits and also solicited child pornography via email of a fourth. He was indicted on January 26, 2017.

This case was investigated by the FBI, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations, the Sarasota Police Department, the Cape Coral Police Department, the Bradenton Police Department, and the Lee County Sheriff's Office. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Jennifer L. Peresie and Eric K. Gerard.

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

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/federal-jury-convicts-child-sex-tourist