Child Pornography Indictment Accuses Man of Grooming Minnesota Teen for Sexual Images Via Social Media

Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News)- A Virginia man has been indicted for using social media to obtain sexually explicit material from a Minnesota teenager. 

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Details regarding the federal indictment are included in a news release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota on Wednesday. Authorities arrested the suspect earlier this month in Virginia. 

The indictment accuses 41-year-old Raymond Jung Woo Choi of using Instagram and other social media platforms to engage in what’s described as “sexually focused” conversations with the victim, who is under the age of 15. 

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He operated under the alias of Jason Lee and is alleged to have groomed, enticed and coerced the teen girl into sending him sexually explicit images and videos of herself via Instagram, court documents indicate. 

Indictment: Virginia Man Flew To Minnesota to Meet Teen He Groomed for Sexually Explicit Materials

Choi would also send the teen victim gifts via Amazon, the news release said. On February 17, Choi flew to Minnesota from Virginia in an effort to meet the young girl, according to the news release. 

Her family and Anoka County law enforcement thwarted his attempt to meet the victim and Choi flew back to Virginia, officials say.  

The federal indictment charges Choi with one count of production of child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography, and one count of coercion and enticement of a minor. 

Virginia authorities arrested him on July 13 and he made his initial appearance in federal court in Virginia. The judge ordered Choi to be held in his home state pending further proceedings in Minnesota.

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