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A Brazil man facing child sexploitation charges bragged to one of his victims that he wouldn’t be caught, authorities said today.
“I won’t get caught im (sic) a hacker I covered my tracks,” Richard Finkbiner, 39, allegedly wrote according to a 14-year-old boy he was extorting.
The exchange came after the boy had begged Finkbiner to stop threatening to post racy pictures of the boy on the Internet.
“All I ask is for you delete it please im (sic) onlyh (sic) 14 please just do this to somebody else not me please,” according to a criminal complaint against Finkbiner.
The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of Indiana charged Finkbiner with the sexual exploitation of two juvenile boys.
U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett said at a news conference Finkbiner found sexual explicit photos of the boys online, then contacted them and threatened to post them on gay websites or email them to their friends and families if they did not send him more images of themselves.
Police said they found 1,000 images on Finkbiner’s computers and he has told them he might have blackmailed more than 100 boys, said Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent in Charge for the Indianapolis Field Office Robert Holley.
Despite his claims of being catch-proof, Finkbiner, on at least some occasions, allowed the victims to see his face on webcams.
“I guess he got sloppy,” Holley said.
Federal authorizes took the rare step of releasing his photo so other victims might come forward. The two 14-year-old victims live in Maryland and Michigan.
Finkbiner was arrested at his Brazil home, which also houses the office of Clay County Internet, authorities say. Finkbiner owns the Internet services company, according to the small-business listing website manta.com.
Finkbiner is preliminarily charged with two counts of sexually exploiting children by inducing and coercing them to engage in sexually explicit activity. Each count carries a maximum 30 year sentence.
Finkbiner is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the federal courthouse in Terre Haute.
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Article source: http://www.indystar.com/article/20120409/NEWS02/120409033/1001/NEWS
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