Warren Weber

BOISE - A worldwide investigation led to the FBI busting a child pornography ring.  One of the men accused of being involved lives in the Treasure Valley.

Authorities call it the largest and most sophisticated operation of its kind.

Police arrested 12 men from across the nation, including 56 yr old Warren Weber from Boise.

Court documents say Weber was involved in distributing and advertising 400,000 pictures of children engaged in explicit sexual behavior.

Weber is charged with child exploitation enterprise, illegally posting notices seeking to receive exchange and distribute child porn across state lines, and obstructing justice.

Authorities had to break through several layers of security to find Weber and the others.
Agents say the porn ring was run like a business and lewd images were used as currency instead of cash.

The ring spans from California, to Connecticut all the way to Florida. Authorities say it will take years to locate all the victims because of the size of the operation.

So far they've managed to find 20 of the victims.

Read the full indictment (PDF)