ALASKA
A federal judge sentenced an Anchorage, Alaska, man to 18 years in prison for attempting to sexually exploit 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 announced today.
U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason of Alaska sentenced Jason Jayavarman, 45. He was convicted in March 2015.
The evidence indicated that over the course of 12 trips to Cambodia between 2010 and his arrest in 2013, Jayavarman produced multiple videos of himself engaging in sexual acts with an individual who he believed to be a child. Jayavarman then transported the recordings back to the United States.
According to trial evidence, Jayavarman also planned a trip for himself and others to Cambodia for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with children as young as 12 years old.
Trial evidence demonstrated that Jayavarman explained to one of the other potential travelers – who was an undercover FBI agent – how to groom a child for sex, avoid law enforcement detection and record high quality “mementos” of the sexual abuse.
Jayavarman’s child exploitation activities came to light following a concerned citizen’s anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers.