A 29-year-old man is in federal custody after an FBI investigation into videos that were found on the dark web that allegedly showed multiple men sexually assaulting toddlers at the Galleria Mall in Houston, the largest mall in the state.
Arthur Hector Fernandez, who worked at the mall, was taken into custody late last month after the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) contacted the FBI in early December to report that they had discovered disturbing videos of child sexual abuse posted in a private forum on the dark web, USA Today reported.
Fernandez abused one of the young children in a public restroom, authorities said. He allegedly had access to the child because he was friends with her mother, who also worked at the mall, and she would leave her daughter with him sometimes.
“The evidence in this case is overwhelming and revolting,” the judge wrote in a court…
