A lawyer from Tampa has been indicted for engaging in illicit sexual conduct in Cambodia with two minors. Rugh Cline is currently on house arrest in Florida after posting a $100,000 bond. As part of his restrictions, Cline is not allowed to have any devices that can access the internet, including smartphones and smart TVs.
He is facing five counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with four minors, one as young as 12-years old, in a foreign place and one count of possessing child sex abuse materials.
According to a non-governmental organization, Cline paid the families of his victims a total of $120 for the illegal acts. The penalty for purchase of child prostitution in the country is currently a sentence of just seven to 15 years, when the child is under 15 years old.
Cline is facing 170 years in prison.
Sadly, this is the work we do everyday at Child Rescue Coalition, identifying child predators who are trafficking children for these heinous crimes.
While we have not trained officers in Cambodia on our CRC Technology, we welcome the chance to collaborate with law enforcement officials there to prevent further crimes against children.
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