California manny, 35, is jailed for 30 years for making child pornography with his friends’ kids

California manny, 35, is jailed for 30 years for making child pornography with at least five kids in his care, aged four to nine

  • A former California nanny will serve 30 years in federal prison for filming child pornography with at least five victims under his care
  • Travis Elconin, 35, convinced families and friends to hire him as a caretaker
  • He also advertised his nanny services online according to court documents
  • Elconin made sexually explicit videos of the children most of whom were eight and nine years old, between August 2016 and November 2018 with his iPhone 8

A manny from Southern California has been jailed for 30 after pleading guilty to creating child porn with ‘at least’ five victims. 

Travis Elconin, 35, from Burbank man, used the children of his close friends to film child pornography.

The children were eight or nine-years-old at the time of the offenses, although one victim is believed to be as young as four. 

A former California nanny will serve 30 years in federal prison for filming child pornography with at least five victims under his care

The offenses are believed to have taken place over a period of more than two years between August 2016 to November 2018 reports the LA Times.

When Elconin’s term ends in 2049, he will be subjected to supervised release for the rest of his life, prosecutors said.

Elconin managed to convince several friends and families to hire him for childcare positions by portraying himself as the ‘perfect caretaker’ which he then used ‘to exploit and abuse the children in his care,’ according to prosecutors.

Prosecutors referred to an online ad where Elconin said: ‘I know how important it is as a parent to know that your children are safe when you’re not around. That would by my top priority.’

Between August 2016 to November 2018, ‘Elconin ingratiated himself with several families, only to sexually abuse their minor children and make sexually explicit videos of his crimes with his iPhone 8,’ prosecutors said.

Elconin made sexually explicit videos of the children most of whom were eight and nine years old, between August 2016 and November 2018 with his iPhone 8

Elconin made sexually explicit videos of the children most of whom were eight and nine years old, between August 2016 and November 2018 with his iPhone 8

Elconin admitted to recording child porn with four children in his care but since his arrest in January ‘the government has identified eight victims directly connected to him,’ prosecutors said. 

Elconin was arrested after German authorities were alerted to the fact he had swapped more than 10,000 encrypted chat messages over the dark web with German sex abusers for two years. The German’s then alerted the FBI who made the arrest. 

‘Those messages discussed child sex abuse and the exchange of such images,’ prosecutors said. ‘The FBI also obtained warrants and searched his digital devices.’

His attorney, Jonathan Lynn, said Elconin pleaded guilty early in the case after being arrested in January.

‘At his sentencing hearing he apologized to the victims in this case for the pain he caused,’ Lynn said in a  statement. ‘He admitted he had a problem and requested that the court help him obtain any possible treatment available while serving his sentence.’



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