Complaint: Veterans Affairs dept. board chair allegedly received child porn through Snapchat

January 25, 2022 3:24 PM Posted: January 25, 2022 3:24 PM Updated: January 25, 2022 4:08 PM MILWAUKEE — The board chair of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs is accused of possessing child pornography allegedly received the explicit material through Snapchat. Curtis Schmitt Jr., 37, of Franklin, is charged with three counts of possession of child pornography. According to the criminal complaint, the Department of Justice received a tip on December 20 that child pornography was uploaded to a Dropbox account registered to Schmitt. The username for the account was “Army Medic.” Investigators found three files that appeared to be child pornography. Two of the files had names beginning with “Snapchat” followed by a series of numbers. Schmitt reportedly admitted to investigators that the email associated with the Dropbox account belonged to him. He also reportedly admitted that his Snapchat account was shut down a few weeks prior to him speaking with investigators. He did not know why it was deactivated. The complaint alleges that Schmitt admitted to having a porn addiction, but told investigators that his addiction is for adult porn. He reportedly told investigators that he had been chatting with women and viewing porn on Snapchat for…
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