Man, 20, accused in child pornography, exploitation case

By Mark Bowder, Columbian Assistant Metro Editor

Published: January 1, 2016, 7:10 PM

01/01/2016
This is another one cyber crime case related with our kid and all people child. What i can say, most of the cybercriminals put their target group to children.

Referred to this article case, mentioned about the  investigation by local and federal officials has led to the arrest of a Clark County man in a child pornography and online child exploitation case.

Based on the report case by the Vancouver Police Department, Zachary William Akers, 20, already against the rule and regulation in stated at Council of Europe’s Convention of Cybercrime 2001. As the chronology of case:

- Allegedly be friended several young females over Facebook,
- Then threatened to expose private messages and compromising photographs he’d received unless they agreed to send lewd photos and videos to him, or to meet him to have sexual relations.

Police department got search warrant on his cell phone, laptop computer and Facebook accounts revealed an extensive list of minor female victims, many of which have yet to be identified and based on that investigation by police Akers faces crime charges involving child pornography and online child exploitation.

Lot of way already taken by police and goverment to repress this kind of cases. That why police department asked that anyone who feels they may be the victim of this type of crime involving Akers, or anyone who may have information about one of these cases, to contact Detective David Jensen of the Digital Evidence Cyber-crimes Unit at david.jensen@cityofvancouver.us.

Reminder by them mentioned, the bulletin cautioned parents to closely monitor their child’s use of the Internet, particularly social media and online communication platforms such as Facebook, Kik, WhatsApp and Skype.

“Kids should use extreme caution when online and should never communicate with, or send private photographs to, people they do not know in person,” the bulletin said.

Source: http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jan/01/man-20-accused-in-child-pornography-exploitation-case/