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LOS ANGELES – Echo Park Man Agrees to Plead Guilty to Sex Trafficking and Child Pornography
An Echo Park man has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges for using an online messenger app to attempt to sexually traffic two children – ages 7 and 9 – and for distributing sexually explicit images of children, the Justice Department announced today.
Francisco Anthony Dorame, 41, a.k.a. “dadboss99,” a.k.a. “SEXYCONN,” is charged in an information with one count of attempted sex trafficking of a child under 14 years old and one count of distribution of child pornography. He has agreed to plead guilty to the charges.
According to his plea agreement filed Tuesday, in May 2022, Dorame used Kik Messenger, a social media messaging platform, to knowingly attempt to traffic two minor children – ages 7 years old and 9 years old. During a Kik conversation, Dorame made two payments, totaling $100, to a person who had access to the victims. Among other things, Dorame requested photographs of the victims, expressed his desire to “play with them right away” upon meeting up, and set a specific date, time, and location for the meeting.
Dorame further admitted in his plea agreement that in April 2022 he used Kik to distribute sexually explicit images of children between the ages of 4 years old and 6 years old.
Francisco Anthony Dorame is expected to appear Thursday for his arraignment in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles. He has been in federal custody since his arrest on a federal criminal complaint in this matter on August 23.
Once Dorame enters a guilty plea to the criminal charges, he will face a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment and a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison.
Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Sex Crimes, Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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