Posted on 19 March 2024 | 87 views | 1 commentA former scientist from Nanyang Technological University sent messages to foreign mobile phone numbers in 2019 and 2020 in an attempt to arrange for commercial sex with children as young as 12 years old.
On March 18, 2024, the American pleaded guilty to two charges – communicating with another person for the purpose of obtaining commercial sex with a minor under 18, and another of possessing child abuse material.When Herrin was charged in January 2022, NTU’s website listed him as a staff scientist at the Facility for Analysis, Characterisation, Testing and Simulation.
An NTU spokesperson said on March 18 that Herrin’s employment was terminated by the university on April 7, 2022.The court heard on March 18 that while Herrin was in Singapore on Nov 14, 2019, he sent a WhatsApp message to an Indonesian mobile phone number. In their conversation, as revealed in court documents, Herrin offered four million rupiah for sex, and two million rupiah for a sex act.
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