New York Daily News

15 yrs. for sick kid porn exchange

- BY MICHAEL GARTLAND

A demented Queens bodybuilde­r was sentenced to 15 years behind bars Thursday for paying women in the Philippine­s to record themselves sexually abusing and send him the sick porn through video conferenci­ng sites.

Keith Liwanag, 27, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitati­on of a child in June. As part of the sentence meted out Thursday by Judge Jack Weinstein in Brooklyn Federal Court, he must register as a sex offender upon release.

From September to October 2016, the former LeFrak City resident paid women in the Philippine­s to engage in the sexual abuse on command and send videos to him over Skype and Facebook’s private messaging service. He then shared the more than 50 videos he created online.

“His use of women in the Philippine­s to exploit children for the production of child pornograph­y is not just criminal, it’s evil,” said Angel Melendez, special agent-in-charge with U.S. Immigratio­n and Customs Enforcemen­t. “He will now serve 15 years for his unfathomab­le acts, facing the full justice of his actions behind bars.”

In one encounter, he told a mother he was a researcher conducting “an experiment” on maternal affection.

Liwanag wired more than $1,000 to the Philippine­s between March 2015 and October 2017, according to court documents.

On his Twitter page, he describes himself as an “Asian (Japanese/Filipino), Bodybuilde­r, Personal Trainer, Online Coach.”

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Keith Liwanag

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