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A man allegedly used computer game rewards to convince 25 teens to send him sexual pictures over the internet

A 28-year-old man has been charged with luring 25 young boys into sending nude pictures of themselves to him over the internet, in some cases performing sexual acts.

The man is being prosecuted in Copenhagen City Court for ‘grooming’, where he allegedly used the online computer game ‘World of Warcraft’ to get the 12-16 year-old boys to transmit pictures or film clips to him.

According to the charges, the man had a significant amount of ‘gold’ in the game, which can be used to upgrade a player’s strength or abilities. He allegedly offered the boys gold in exchange for the pictures, which in some instances involved live webcam videos of masturbation.

Prosecutors say the man had around 10,000 illegal pictures and 1200 videos of naked underage boys on his computer at the time of the arrest. It is not yet known how many of the subjects are Danish.

The man chatted with the boys on the World of Warcraft website and also via MSN Messenger, where more private exchanges could take place.

The accused told the court that he neither enticed nor pressured the boys into anything, although he admitted receiving the materials.

A ruling on the matter from the court is expected to be issued by next Friday.

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