Mark Black, Conspiracy to Produce Child Pornography, Virginia 2021

Alexandria, VA - A Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) attorney has pleaded guilty to conspiring to sexually exploit numerous children.

Mark Black, 50, of Arlington, was a member of two online groups dedicated to exploiting children between January 2018 and October 2021.

The goal of the two groups was to locate prepubescent girls online and convince them to livestream themselves engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Black and his co-conspirators would covertly record this conduct and share the videos with each other.

In July 2019, Black induced a prepubescent minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct on a live-streaming application while screen-recording that activity.

That same month, Black and a co-conspirator also groomed another prepubescent minor to engage in sexually explicit acts on a photo and video-sharing application.

Black was formerly the Arlington Aquatic Club (AAC) board president.

Black pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography and one count of coercion and enticement.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on April 30 and faces a mandatory minimum term of 15 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/fdic-attorney-pleads-guilty-conspiring-sexually-exploit-numerous-children