FBI looking for victims of child pornography ring allegedly run by NY man

February 5, 2021 | 9:14pm | Updated February 5, 2021 | 9:14pm Enlarge Image Jose Zafra allegedly extorted pornographic photos from children, the FBI said. FBI Federal investigators are asking for help identifying dozens of victims of a child pornography ring allegedly run by a Westchester County man. The FBI arrested Jose Zafra, 19, of Port Chester last month and charged him with production of child sexual abuse material. Zafra allegedly posed as a teenager on Snapchat to extort pornographic photos from children as young as a 9-year-old girl. Known victims were from Florida, Georgia and Texas; agents believe there may be at least 25 victims in total, according to to a criminal complaint. The feds say he used flattery, lies and aliases such as “Definitely jose,” “Bigd–kdaddy,” “Jose.zafra” and “Opens–t” to coerce the children into creating and sending him videos and images. Meanwhile, the FBI continues to investigate a similar case involving an NYPD officer. Carmine Simpson, 26, was arrested last week for allegedly soliciting X-rated photos and videos from dozens of underage girls. The East New York cop posed as a teenager on Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, Discord and FaceTime to have sexually graphic conversations with 46 children between…
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