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Metropolitan Police Department-FBI Child Exploitation Task Force, and the New York State
Police for the investigation which led to these charges, and appreciate the assistance of
Onondaga County District Attorney William J. Fitzpatrick and his staff in pursuing justice for
the victims and their families.
Today's charges are the result of the combined efforts of several law enforcement agencies that
are committed to ending the sexual exploitation of our most innocent citizens, said Special
Agent in Charge Andrew W. Vale. Our children deserve to be safe from alleged predators such
as Kopp and Oberst, and the FBI will continue to work tirelessly with our law enforcement
partners to stop and ultimately prevent such evil acts.
The charges in the indictments are merely accusations. The defendants are presumed innocent
until proven guilty.
This case is being investigated by FBI Albany Division (Syracuse Resident Agency), the District
of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department-Federal Bureau of Investigation (MPD-FBI)
Child Exploitation Task Force (Washington Field Office), and the New York State Police and is
being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa Fletcher and Robert Levine.
Launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood is led by United
States Attorneys Offices and the Criminal Divisions Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
(CEOS). Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate,
apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify
and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit
https://www.justice.gov/psc.
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