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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"AA resident of the Westside of Los Angeles was sentenced Friday to 40 years in federal prison for using apps such as Snapchat to meet and entice children to engage in sexually explicit video chats, which he screen-captured and saved, unbeknownst to the children, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark David Wallin, 44, of the Los Angeles Del Rey neighborhood, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, who scheduled a restitution hearing for August 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At today\u2019s hearing, Judge Frimpong said Wallin committed \u201ccruel and relentless\u201d crimes against children and that his conduct was \u201chighly sexualized sadomasochistic conduct that no child should know of, let alone be exposed to.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wallin, who has been in federal custody since July 2022, pleaded guilty in September 2024 to one count of production of child pornography and one count of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From 2019 to August 2021, Wallin used the internet to \u201cmeet\u201d pre-teen boys and girls \u2013 both abroad and in the United States \u2013 then developed relationships with them online, with the intent to obtain sexually explicit images and videos from them, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\" also persuaded the victims to engage in sexually explicit conduct via video chat, which he screen-captured and saved.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After his victims sent him sexually explicit content, Wallin would sometimes demand additional sexually explicit images and videos from them. Wallin also threatened to publish or otherwise expose the prior pictures and videos sent by the victim or created by the defendant if the victim did not comply with his demands.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For example, in February and March of 2020,\u00a0 officials stated that Wallin enticed a victim, who was approximately 9-10 years old at the time, to produce sexually explicit images and videos used on the social media app Snapchat.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Wallin admitted in his plea agreement to knowingly causing at least four additional victims, ranging in age from 12 to 16 years old, to produce multiple files of child pornography.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wallin further admitted to possessing approximately 200 files containing child sexual abuse material in August 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Homeland Security Investigations investigated this matter, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department providing assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott M. Lara of the Domestic Security and Immigration Crimes Section and Catharine A. Richmond of the Violent and Organized Crime Section prosecuted this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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