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VA Man Indicted in Multi-State Porn Ring Save Email Print
Posted: 3:30 PM Mar 26, 2008
Last Updated: 4:44 PM Mar 27, 2008

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A federal grand jury sitting in Charlottesville handed up an indictment against a Warren County man accused of being part of a multi-state crime ring.

Thirty-four-year-old Michael Wayne Anderson faces multiple offenses arising from being involved in a crime ring in which members produced, distributed and received child pornography over the the Internet.

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia John Brownlee announced Wednesday Anderson faces 13 counts. The indictment says he conspired with unnamed members of the ring between 2005 and 2007.

According to the indictment, members of the ring used instant messaging, video messaging, text messaging and video chat software to share content involving sexual interests in children. It also says they produced pornographic images showing themselves engaged in sexually explicit activity with minors.

In addition to being charged with one count of conspiracy to produce child pornography and one count of conspiracy to transport and receive child pornography, Anderson is also charged with two counts of production of child pornography, one count of transportation of child pornography, two counts of receipt of child pornography, two counts of aiding and abetting the transportation of child pornography, two counts of aiding and abetting the receipt of child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.

If convicted on all counts, Anderson faces a life prison sentence and a fine of up to $3 million. The FBI and the Warren County Sheriff's Office are handling the investigation of this case.

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