FBI WIDENS INVESTIGATION IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE.Byline: Theresa Moreau Daily News Staff Writer A Woodland Hills man indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. for seducing se·duce tr.v. se·duced, se·duc·ing, se·duc·es 1. To lead away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct. See Synonyms at lure. 2. To induce to engage in sex. 3. a. a 13-year-old Connecticut girl over the Internet now is under investigation for similar crimes in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , an FBI agent said Tuesday. Also, the FBI has launched a nationwide search for any children who may have had contact with Francis John Kufrovich, a 42-year-old financial adviser whom prosecutors say used the screen name ``Vallleyguy.'' Now agents said they are investigating whether Kufrovich attempted to sexually assault two California youths - a 15-year-old girl in 1991 and a 14-year-old boy in 1989. ``Our investigation - to date - has identified two victims in the Southern California area, separate from the victim for which he's being indicted in Connecticut,'' said FBI Special Agent Andy J. Aden of the sexual assault felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. enforcement team. Kufrovich's Dallas-based attorney Richard Anderson said in an interview Tuesday that he is unaware of the allegations involving the California youngsters. But Kufrovich denies any wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do in the case of the Connecticut girl, he said. ``We deny the allegations; we are going to vigorously defend him,'' Anderson said. In an unusual move, the FBI has released photographs of Kufrovich in hopes that other possible sexual assault victims will come forward. ``In investigations such as this we believe there are probably many more victims,'' Aden said. Agents believe Kufrovich met the California boy and girl through friends, not over the Internet, Aden said. The indictment stems from an incident in which authorities contend that Kufrovich met the Connecticut girl in Texas in March 1996 after several months of Internet chat, phone calls and letters. She flew to Texas with her mother for a swim meet, and Kufrovich is accused of luring the pajama-clad girl into his hotel room where he attempted to sexually assault her, authorities said. FBI Special Agent Ronald Barndollar, of the New Haven New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many , Conn., bureau, warned that parents should be careful when they hook up their children's computer to a modem. ``The pedophile pedophile Forensic psychiatry A person with pedophilia; there are an estimated 500,000 pedophiles in the world. See Child prostitution, Megan's law, Pedophilia. isn't on the playground anymore,'' Barndollar said. ``He's in people's living rooms, he's in their kids' bedrooms talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to them on the computer - and that's what's scary in these cases.'' Connecticut's U.S. Attorney Christopher F. Droney announced last week that Kufrovich is among the first prosecuted under the Communications Decency Act See CDA. (legal) Communications Decency Act - (CDA) An amendment to the U.S. 1996 Telecommunications Bill that went into effect on 08 February 1996, outraging thousands of Internet users who turned their web pages black in protest. of 1996, which makes it a crime for an adult to use the Internet to entice a minor for sex. Kufrovich has pleaded not guilty to one count of using the Internet and telephone wires to entice a minor to engage in sex and one count of traveling to engage in sex with a minor. He was released on $250,000 bail. FBI agents searched Kufrovich's home in the 24000 block of Alexandra Court, but authorities are not revealing their findings. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Francis John Kufrovich Indicted in Net incident |
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