ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) – A St. Paul man has been guilty of sextorting more than 500 girls across the country in the past five years.
Yue Vang, 31, was charged with producing child pornography, possessing child pornography and communicating across state lines with intent to extort. He pleaded guilty to those charges on Thursday.
According to documents, he used Snapchat, Kik and Skype to communicate with hundreds of girls in the US and created fake female profiles to harass vulnerable girls he met online, forcing them to make sexually explicit videos and send them to him. He also threatened to send those videos to family and friends unless the girls sent him more sexually explicit content.
At least 500 girls have been identified as victims, prosecutors say, though they believe there could be more. Anyone who believes they are or knows of a victim is asked to contact federal investigators here.
Vang was ordered to remain in custody pending his sentencing hearing, which is scheduled for a later date.