A man claiming to be a fitness instructor was recruiting underage girls to a “sex slave training program” that would lead to prostitution, one source said. statement From the FBI.
John Douglas Birch, 54, of Santa Monica, California, recruited women through social media accounts on Snapchat, KIK, Discord, Telegram, Instagram, and Facebook. He advertised himself as a fitness expert who could help professionals who wanted to lose weight while “eating whatever they wanted” and exercising just 10 minutes a day.
Investigators say his “online child exploitation scheme” began in 2014 and targeted underage women in North Carolina, California and Pennsylvania, but there may be victims from other states as well. He said he was thinking about it. He also planned to target adult women with his plan.
Burch’s sex slave training allegedly included making his victims watch violent pornography and listen to “explicit and sexually explicit audio recordings.” Investigators said the suspects then had them create pornographic images and videos and transmit them over the Internet.
Birch allegedly forced the girls to create “online dating profiles designed to encourage sexual encounters and commercial sex,” and provided “step-by-step instructions to perform specific sexual acts to be performed during meetings.” He is said to have given “instructions” and recorded the meeting with photographs. And the video.
The FBI said: identified One of the victims was 13 or 14 years old in 2014. Burch is said to have targeted his girlfriend, whom he met on the chat app Omegle. Her suspect allegedly had sex with the Pennsylvania girl and then groomed her for prostitution at the King of Prussia Mall in Montgomery County.
Prosecutors said Burch instructed the girl to sit on a bench at the mall and wait for customers he sent. According to the FBI, she was prostituted by about 12 men over a three-year period.
Burch was charged with federal charges of traveling for the purpose of unlawful sexual conduct and enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct or prostitution. If convicted, he could face life in prison.
Experts are warning parents to limit their children’s time on social media and monitor apps where they may meet strangers.
The FBI is asking others who may have been victims of Burch to provide the following information: please contact them Via the website.
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