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stating the younger the girl, the better. the indictment says fogel convinced that girl to send three nude images of herself to his e-mail account. later paying her to have sex at the ritz in manhattan. authorities say the girl had also told them she had sex with fogel three times when she was just 16. >> this is about using wealth, status and secrecy to illegally exploit children. >> reporter: investigators began to take a closer look at fogel when russell taylor the executive director of the foundation was arrested on federal child porn charges. authorities say that fogel received images from taylor of partially clothed minorsen ging in sexually explicit conduct. investigating the case was no small task. it included search warrants for 16 smartphones, five tablets, six laptops, six hard drives and
14 victims in all. beginning around 2010, authorities say fogle traveled to new york city to pay minors for sex. the feds say he paid a 17-year-old girl to have sex with him at the plaza hotel. then offered her a finder's fee to find him another young girl, stating "the younger the girl the better." the indictment says fogle convinced that same girl to send three nude images of herself to his e-mail account. later paying her again to have sex at the ritz in manhattan. authories say the girl had also told them she had sex with fogle three times when she was just 16. >> this is about using wealth, status, and secrecy to illegally exploit children. >> reporter: investigators began taking a closer look at fogle when russell taylor, director of the jared foundation was arrested on federal child porn