Florida man gets life in jail for traveling to Vietnam to sexually abuse minors – WFTV

TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man has been sentenced to life in prison for touring to Vietnam to sexually abuse minors he met online, based on officials.

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The U.S. Department of Justice says Christopher Edwin Day, 52, traveled two different occasions in 2015 and 2016 to Vietnam from Florida to have sexual encounters with minor Vietnamese boys. Court information say he flew forwards and backwards disguising himself as an English trainer.

A number of the boys, in keeping with the DOJ, had been lured with promises of money and presents. Others introduced him as their English teacher.

The Tampa Bay News says Homeland Safety investigated the case in Tampa and in Ho Chi Minh City. It was part of Venture Protected Childhood, which was an effort to find child sex abuse started in 2006 by the DOJ.

“The legal guidelines of the US will still catch as much as child predators who even travel to international countries to sexually abuse minor children. Due to HSI’s worldwide investigative authorities and robust partnerships, both at HSI Tampa and HSI Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, this sexual predator was stopped from harming extra kids and his sufferer may have the justice they deserve,” stated HSI Tampa Assistant Special Agent in Cost John Dumas, according to a information release from stated HSI Tampa Assistant Special Agent in Cost John Dumas.

Day pleaded responsible to two counts of journey with intent to have interaction in illicit sexual conduct and two counts of tried coercion and enticement of a minor into illegal sexual activity, in response to the DOJ. Day has been sentenced to life in prison.

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