A person from Chicago was sentenced to 30 years in federal jail for sexually exploiting a minimum of 9 Filipino ladies on-line.
Karl Quilter, 58, pleaded responsible final 12 months to a federal cost of sexual exploitation of kids and was handed the sentence on July 7, 2023.
In a press Statement from the Northern District of Illinois Attorney’s Office, Quilter admitted in a plea settlement that he communicated with the women through Facebook, Viber, and Skype from 2017 to 2020.
Quilter referred to the minor victims as his “girlfriends” to control and stress them into sending particular varieties of images and movies that he demanded. He additionally preyed on the victims’ monetary difficulties, utilizing cash transfers to the victims’ households to entice the women to take the sexually express photos.
Law enforcement arrested Quilter in Chicago in November 2020.
Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois stated, “Victim by victim, and message by message, defendant used social media and the internet to target and groom young Filipino girls.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley A. Chung argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum that “this was not a one-time aberration, however quite a years-long sample of predatory abuse and exploitation of minors.” —VAL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
