A man, who posed as a recruiter of models on the internet claiming pornographic images from minors, was indicted on Thursday and remanded in custody, the Nancy prosecutor's office announced.
Arrested on Tuesday, he is suspected of having forced underage girls to send him pornographic photos and videos of themselves, said the public prosecutor of Nancy, François Pérain, who opened a judicial investigation for rape on miner and corruption of miner.
Two complaints were filed in 2021 with the family protection brigade of the Nancy police station for corruption of minors, said François Pérain.
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According to the magistrate, the two complainants described "
an identical modus operandi
": a woman who said she worked for a modeling agency, "
+ KateMoss Agency + or + Models +
", canvassed them "
via a social network
" and "
proposed them to undress via photos and videos for the purpose of recruitment within the agency
".
She pushed them “
to always go further in the poses adopted
”, “
one of the two young girls going so far as to insert an object sexually
”, specified Mr. Pérain.
Behind the screen, it was actually not a woman who was looking to recruit models but a man "
born in 2000
" and living in Nancy, added the prosecutor.
He had been arrested and placed in police custody for the first time in December 2021, and computer equipment had been seized.
His police custody had been lifted "
in order to exploit this substantial material
", according to the prosecution.
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The investigation was first entrusted to the Departmental Security of Meurthe-et-Moselle, before the national center for the analysis of child pornography images of the national gendarmerie was also seized "
given the extent of the analyzes to be carried out
".
The police had found photos and videos "
of a pornographic nature of several hundred naked young girls
", explained Mr. Pérain.
Investigators will also have to determine if these images have "
been the subject of transactions
", the suspect having several Paypal and Payship accounts, according to the prosecution.
The investigation also showed that “
young underage girls had been solicited for the purpose of committing penetrations on themselves
”, facts likely to be qualified as “
rape of a minor
”, added the prosecutor.
A total of nine complaints have been filed, including two for rape of a minor, and other victims have been identified, he also said, adding that "
many others
" had not yet been identified.