He believed he had started a conversation with a 13-year-old girl. But behind this false profile was an investigating police officer. On Tuesday, November 12, 2024, this 27-year-old man living in Niortais was arrested at his home, identified by the location of his computer.
At the origin of this arrest, “increased surveillance” of the central cyber services of the national gendarmerie which receive reports, particularly on the Pharos platform, concerning illegal online behavior or content.
They were interested in a dating site “able to accommodate conversations between adults and minors”. An investigating gendarme created a false profile of a 13-year-old girl and Deux-Sévrien initiated the conversation which continued on Snapchat. He then asked her “photos of an erotic nature and intimate details”.
The rest of the operation was carried out locally on the ground by the Niort gendarmerie company which went to arrest the person concerned at his home this Tuesday. A man previously unknown to the services.
His phone seized
Placed in police custody for “attempted corruption of a minor” at the same time, he would have admitted the facts. His phone was seized and investigations will be carried out on the computer equipment of the person concerned, in particular to find out if he had already committed identical acts previously.
At the end of police custody, the man was released with a double summons for October 21, 2025 for Appearance on prior admission of guilt (CRPC) and a Summons by judicial police officer (COPJ) where he will have to answer for this attempted corruption of a minor.
