ALEXANDRIA, Va. – In a chilling testament to the depths of criminality, former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) attorney Mark Black has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring to sexually exploit numerous children online.
IN JULY 2019, BLACK’S CRIMINALITY ESCALATED WHEN HE INDUCED A MINOR TO ENGAGE IN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT BEHAVIOR ON A LIVE-STREAMING PLATFORM. SIMULTANEOUSLY, HE AND A CO-CONSPIRATOR GROOMED ANOTHER MINOR INTO ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS VIA A PHOTO AND VIDEO-SHARING APPLICATION, LEADING TO THE ILLEGAL SHARING OF THE MATERIAL.
BETWEEN JULY 2019 AND MARCH 2022, BLACK REMAINED INVOLVED IN ADDITIONAL GROUPS THAT TARGETED CHILDREN FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE SENT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL TO ONE OF THESE GROUPS IN JANUARY 2021.
BLACK’S ELECTRONIC DEVICES CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 172,707 IMAGES OF SUSPECTED CSAM, WITH OVER 1,300 FILED IDENTIFIED VICTIMS. THIS FORMER BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE ARLINGTON AQUATIC CLUB HAD PREVIOUSLY PLED Guilty to conspiracy to produce child pornography and coercion and enticement of a minor.
JESSICA D. Aber, U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL NICOLE M. Argentieri, HEAD OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT’S CRIMINAL DIVISION, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT. THE FBI WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE AND FDIC-OIG INVESTIGATED THIS CASE, WITH ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY LAUREN HALPER AND TRIAL ATTORNEYS PROSECUTING.
Project Safe Childhood, A NATIONWIDE INITIATIVE TO COMBAT CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE, LED BY U.S. ATTORNEYS’ OFFICES AND THE Child Exploitation And Obscenity Section, MARSHALS FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL RESOURCES TO LOCATE, APPREHEND, AND PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS WHO EXPLOIT CHILDREN VIA THE INTERNET.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Sex Crimes|Cybercrime|Public Corruption
- Source: Official Source ↗
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