CONVERSATIONS REVEALED IN ONLINE SEX CASE SCV MAN IS ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SEDUCE MINOR.

Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer

CANYON COUNTRY -- When the middle-age Sand Canyon man first chatted online with the FBI agent he thought was a 13-year-old girl, he mentioned trips to Paris and proposed taking the ``girl'' there, according to a federal document released Thursday.

In later instant messaging chats over the Internet, Christopher Rajlal, 52, would take the conversation in more lurid directions, according to the affidavit.

Now, Rajlal faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted of using the Internet to arrange for sex with a minor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Garringer said Thursday.

The male FBI agent that Rajlal was in contact with presented himself in July in an America Online chat room as a 13-year-old girl who liked softball and skating, according to the affidavit.

Rajlal described himself to the ``girl'' as a 40-year-old resident of Santa Clarita who was in ``international sales'' and traveled around the world, including Paris, the affidavit stated.

``(I) may be back to paris again for the 3rd time,'' he typed in shorthand style, according to the affidavit. ``my besomeday i can take u there wit hme.''

In a later online conversation, Rajlal would send the ``girl'' nude and explicit pictures of a female he said was 15, according to the affidavit. In addition to a charge of trying to arrange for sex over the Internet with a minor, Rajlal has also been charged with distribution of child pornography and possession of child pornography.

An attorney for Rajlal could not be reached for comment. Reached by phone at his home, Rajlal said he was unaware of the indictment and declined to comment.

Rajlal was arrested Dec. 4, after arriving at a West Los Angeles store where he arranged to meet the ``girl'' after four months of often explicit online conversations about sex, according to the FBI.

The affidavit quotes Rajlal as proposing Sept. 26 that they meet at a motel, and asking in an online conversation the next day if the ``girl'' would leave her house that night to meet him. In the Sept. 27 conversation, Rajlal told the ``girl'' he wanted to have sex with her, according to the affidavit. At one point in their conversations, Rajlal seemed to hesitate because his would-be partner was ``so young and innocent,'' he typed.

Rajlal was indicted Wednesday.

In posting $500,000 bail, Rajlal, who is married, agreed to travel restrictions, but can visit Colorado for business, according to court documents.

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