Toronto resident Lee Moir, 34, was arrested after police posed as a young girl and arranged to meet him.
The 12-year-old girl and
her family live in New Jersey, where Essex County Assistant Prosecutor
John Laurino said the girl believed Moir was Bieber and started a
relationship with him, e-mailing back and forth.
"He began making demands
that she show herself on camera, that she engage in acts of undress, and
acts of sexual activity as well," Laurino said.
Once Moir persuaded the
girl to perform the acts, "he then extorted her by saying he was going
to post these onto pornographic websites," said Constable Victor Kwong
of the Toronto Police.
It was not immediately
clear how authorities learned of the girl's case. Working with
information from the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, Toronto Police
Services became involved and engaged in sexual conversations with Moir
while posing as a 14-year-old girl, according to the prosecutor's
office.
On April 4, after requesting a meeting, Moir arrived at the designated spot and was arrested, the prosecutor's office said.
"This arrest highlights
both the danger posed to children online as well as the best efforts of
law enforcement authorities throughout the world to apprehend these
child predators who exploit the wide reach and perceived anonymity of
the Internet to take advantage of vulnerable children,'' said Assistant
Prosecutor Deborah Freier, who handled the case.
Authorities said they
believe Moir has been in contact with numerous girls in the United
States, Canada, France, Australia and the Philippines using accounts on
Facebook adn the video chat site ooVoo, the prosecutor's office said.
They said he used the online names Lee Oneel, Lee Moir, YodaYoda01, and
Justy.Beber1.
Charges against Moir in Canada include luring, manufacturing child pornography and extortion, according to Toronto police.
Source: CNN News
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