Feds' child porn sweep on Telegram app leads to arrest of Chicago man, more than a dozen others

The work of Homeland Security Investigations in Arizona, dubbed Operation Swipe Left, led to Norris “Nick” Stauffer. It also resulted in criminal charges against more than a dozen people elsewhere — including at least two with political ties — amid allegations of livestreamed abuse, kidnapping threats and the production and distribution of child pornography.

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