BREAKING: Man jailed for a decade for making Loli game. Has his cars, computers and phones SEIZED. Fined almost a million dollars.
A 32-year-old man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $850,000 to the Commonwealth after creating and selling an online video game that simulated child sexual abuse.
The man, who was living in Highton, Geelong was arrested in August 2023 after a joint investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Victoria Police uncovered the disturbing content of the game, which featured animated child exploitation material and allowed users to simulate abuse scenarios.
Thousands of people are believed to have paid for access to the game.
The Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) obtained a restraining order on the man's assets a day before the search warrants were executed. The investigation revealed the man had made significant profits from the game, which he used to buy vehicles, luxury items and electronics.
As part of the court orders, assets now confiscated include: the proceeds from the sale of two motor vehicles, 48 high-value household items including televisions and audio-visual equipment and more than $30,000 in cash.
The man must also pay a pecuniary penalty of more than $850,000 to the Commonwealth.
"Legislation does not separate simulated offending against children from offending against real children – both are criminal," he said.
"To treat this as a game is vile. To profit from it is utterly abhorrent."
Since 2019, the taskforce has confiscated more than $1.2 billion in assets, including homes, vehicles, fine art, and yachts.
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