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   From: total.perverts@splc.org   
      
   An IVF scientist accused of attempting to arrange to have sex   
   with a six-year-old boy in a hotel room was reportedly active on   
   dating sites in Australia before he departed for the United   
   States to compete in a rugby union tournament.   
      
   Melbourne man Michael John Quinn appeared in 'good spirits' as   
   he was flanked by two armed marshals in the US District Court   
   with his wrists and ankles in shackles on Friday morning.   
      
   The 33-year-old man, who now faces the prospect of life in a US   
   federal prison, was arrested last weekend in Los Angeles after   
   he allegedly attempted to pay $US250 ($AU360) to have sex with a   
   child in a hotel room.   
      
   According to The Sunday Herald Sun, Quinn's online dating   
   profile detailed his travels to the US, with plans to spend   
   between May 19 and June 9 in LA and then Nashville.   
      
   'Easygoing Aussie guy here for some fun. Open-minded,' the   
   profile reads.   
   But the accused paedophile never boarded his flight to   
   Nashville, Tennessee for the Bingham Cup after he was caught in   
   an undercover sting, set up by the US authorities, who posed as   
   child predators to trap him in a Los Angeles hotel.   
      
   Quinn had allegedly snuck away from a Hollywood Hills home he   
   was staying at with teammates from his Melbourne rugby squad.   
      
   On Friday, Quinn, who was donning a white prison jumpsuit, was   
   expected to apply for bail during his first court appearance but   
   he withdrew his application.   
      
   According to the criminal complaint, Quinn allegedly arrived at   
   the hotel last Saturday with a camera and monopod – as well as   
   $US260 in his pocket to pay for the sex he arranged with the   
   child.   
      
   After 10 minutes of arriving at the hotel, he allegedly had a   
   beer and a Toy Story-themed cupcake as he mingled with 'like-   
   minded men', The Age reported.   
      
   But what he didn't know was the men who he allegedly thought   
   were other child predators were actually undercover special   
   agents.   
      
   In the complaint, authorities said a short time later another   
   undercover agent, posing as the sex trafficker, arrived at the   
   door to collect payment for the children.   
      
   After Quinn allegedly handed the 'sex trafficker' the money, law   
   enforcement authorities entered the hotel room and took him into   
   custody, the complaint claims.   
      
   Quinn remains locked up in the Los Angeles Metropolitan   
   Detention Center after being charged with attempted child sex   
   trafficking, which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years and a   
   maximum of life without parole.   
      
   He was also charged with one count of travelling to the US for   
   the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor,   
   which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.   
      
   Quinn – who is a Monash University-educated geneticist who works   
   at Australia's largest fertility clinic in Melbourne – allegedly   
   arranged the meet up without any of his teammates' knowledge.   
      
   The arrest comes after a trap was set for Quinn who allegedly   
   had an online conversation on a social networking website for   
   paedophiles, according to the criminal complaint.   
      
   However, he was unaware that he was talking to with undercover   
   agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's   
   Homeland Security Investigations unit.   
      
   Quinn allegedly told agents he was travelling to Los Angeles and   
   wanted to 'meet up with a dad who shares his young ones'.   
      
   He explained to the undercover agent he was hoping to meet   
   'other pervs' in the US and agreed to pay a human trafficker to   
   provide him with a child with whom he could engage in illicit   
   sex, authorities alleged.   
      
   Quinn allegedly went to the LA hotel on Saturday expecting to   
   meet with three fellow child predators for a party, during which   
   the men would engage in sex with boys provided by the sex   
   trafficker.   
      
   Quinn was charged with attempted sex trafficking of a minor,   
   which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum of   
   life without parole.   
      
   He was also charged with one count of travelling to the US for   
   the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor,   
   which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.   
      
   'Children everywhere are vulnerable to predators, including   
   children right here in Los Angeles,' United States Attorney   
   Eileen Decker said.   
      
   'The internet has helped to enable the child sex tourism   
   industry by making the world a smaller place but this case, and   
   others like it prosecuted by my office, show that international   
   predators can and will be brought to justice.'   
      
   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3614616/Accused-   
   paedophile-Michael-John-Quinn-active-dating-sites-left-   
   Australia.html   
       
      
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