ALASKA – An Anchorage, Alaska, man was convicted Monday for sexually exploiting children in Cambodia over the course of four years and attempting to arrange a child sex tourism trip for himself and others to Cambodia, officials said.
Jason Jayavarman, 45, is scheduled to be sentenced at a later date, authorities said.
Jayavarman, who has been in custody since his arrest, faces a sentence from 15 years to 60 years in prison. He will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, according to officials.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.
The evidence at trial detailed a trip that Jayavarman had planned for himself and others to Cambodia for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with children as young as 12 years old, officials said.
Unbeknownst to Jayavarman, one of the individuals was an undercover FBI agent, officials said.
The evidence presented at trial established that Jayavarman had produced multiple videos of himself engaging in sexual acts with a child in Cambodia over the course of 12 trips between 2010 and his arrest in 2013.
Jayavarman then transported the recordings back to the United States, authorities said.
According to the evidence presented at trial, Jayavarman explained to the undercover agent how to groom a child for sex,how to avoid law enforcement and how to record high quality “mementos” of the sexual activity.
Jayavarman’s child exploitation activities came to light following a concerned citizen’s anonymous tip.