Evidence obtained during the investigation of Dreamboard revealed that at. To date, 42 out of 72 individuals have been convicted for their participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, which was dedicated to the sexual abuse of children and the creation and dissemination of graphic images and videos of child sexual abuse throughout the world.
For example, during his July 11, 2011, guilty plea, Anthony Sowders, 28, of Middlesboro, Ky., admitted that he posted on Dreamboard sexually explicit images of female children that he had created via a webcam. Davis is one of 72 people indicted for their participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, which was dedicated to the sexual abuse of. “Dreamboard members allegedly used the power and anonymity of the Internet to motivate each other to commit their horrific acts of sexual abuse of minors and trading in child pornography,” Breuer said.Īccording to court documents, members employed a variety of methods to conceal their activities, using “screen names” and proxy servers, which can be used to reroute web traffic and disguise a user’s actual location.ĭreamboard members also encouraged the use of encryption programs on their computers, which password-protect computer files to prevent law enforcement from accessing them in the event of a court-authorized search. After Ettlingers arrest, prosecutors sai d they found child pornography and a. To date, law enforcement has confirmed that 15 arrested Dreamboard members personally created child pornography. “And, in many cases, the children being victimized were in obvious, and intentional, pain - even ‘in distress and crying,’ just as the rules for one area of the bulletin board mandated,” he added.Īll 72 of the defendants are charged with conspiring to advertise and distribute child pornography, and 50 are also charged with engaging in a child pornography enterprise. Dreamboard wasinfiltratedand seventytwo people wereinitially arrested intheUnited States nineteenmore were picked up in thirteen other countries.
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