A Reisterstown, Maryland man plead guilty Wednesday in federal court to traveling to the Philippines to have sex with a minor and producing child pornography, according to officials.
Martin Hall, 56, plead guilty to one count of traveling in foreign commerce from the United States to the Philippines between April 2016 and August 2016 to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a person under the age of 18 and one count of producing child pornography with the intent to transport the child pornography to the United States between July 2016 and August 2016.
U.S. District Court Judge Ellen L. Hollander will sentence Hall in October.
According to admissions made in connection with his plea, Hall traveled to the Philippines for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual activity with minor females.
Hall’s conduct included engaging in sexual acts with minors, producing images of the minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, and transporting the images back to Maryland. Additionally, Hall used sophisticated computer programs to download and store thousands of images and videos of child pornography, according to officials.