MASSACHUSETTS — A 32-year-old Iowa man who posed as “John” from “Hunt Photography” on Facebook plead guilty Monday to sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography and illicit sexual activity, according to federal officials.
Joshua Dunfee , 32, of Oxford Junction, Iowa, will be sentenced in June.
Federal officials said Dunfee communicated with a Massachusetts mother who was seeking employment as a model and believed Hunt Photography to be a legitimate business.
In October 2011, officials said Dunfee contacted the mother and told her that Hunt Photography had a client willing to pay $20,000 for a mother-daughter bikini modeling contract.
Dunfee told the mother that in order to apply she would need to audition her daughter for him immediately and persuaded the mother to take her minor daughter out of school.
At Dunfee’s further direction, the mother placed her daughter on webcam for him to view for a 48-minute video call. During this time, Dunfee was able to see and hear the mother and her minor daughter, but they were unable to see or hear him.
During the “audition,” Dunfee directed via instant messenger that the minor be posed for him—first in a bra and underwear and then completely naked. Dunfee knew that the girl was a minor.