A former contract worker with the FBI has been charged with sexually exploiting about a dozen young boys he met over Discord and Snapchat.

Brett Janes, 26, told the minors he worked for a U.S. intelligence agency and threatened suicide if the boys cut off communication with him.

“Janes allegedly enticed one victim, a 13-year-old boy whom he met through the first-person shooter game Valorant, to strip and masturbate over a live video Discord call by threatening to kill himself and by paying him money over CashApp,” according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia.

He also allegedly begged and flattered a 12-year-old boy to seend him child sexual abuse material over Discord. Both of those boys and two others sent him child sexual abuse material, and he tried to meet up with one victim. He also allegedly bought hundreds of videos and pictures over Telegram.

Janes is charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of children and production of child sexual abuse material, one count of attempted coercion and enticement, and one count of receipt of child pornography. He faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and up to life if convicted.

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[Featured image: Brett Janes/Alexandria Sheriff’s Office]