A cryptocurrency influencer was arrested in Colombia for allegedly sexually abusing minors

Identified as Orion Depp is a financial influencer who was arrested in Colombia on August 18 and is still being held on charges of sexual abuse at a prison in the Antioquia department.

Colombian media revealed that the 46-year-old man is a US citizen and has three million followers on Instagram.

OK to the portal Week, a minor whom the influencer had contacted explained how the man proceeded. Through social networks, he contacted the young people and arranged to give money, preferring that they be young people with limited resources.

The 16-year-old girl arrived in a car at Depp’s request and who took her to Bello. There he entered a three-storey house and his room was full of mirrors. The influencer knew that the victim was that age. He added that he had her shaved and paid her 250,000 pesos for sex.

Police had been on Depp’s trail since last April, when a young woman reported that the foreigner offered money to have sexual relations with minors between the ages of 14 and 17 in Medellín. It could be determined that he had entered the country 23 times and had two branches in Antioquia.

The investigation revealed that he provided drugs to the minors to facilitate the recording of their meetings.

He also resorted to public places to approach minors.

Authorities finally captured him at Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport on August 18. (JO)

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