Former FDIC Attorney Pleads Guilty to Child Sexual Exploitation
Mark Black, also a former president of the Arlington Aquatic Club, faces a minimum of 15 years in prison.
- Mark Black, a former senior attorney at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), has pleaded guilty to charges of child sexual exploitation.
- Black was a member of two online groups dedicated to exploiting children, convincing young girls to perform sexually explicit acts on live streams and recording them.
- The FDIC has stated that Black's activities were not related to the agency or its resources, and he was suspended once the allegations surfaced.
- Black also served as the president of the Arlington Aquatic Club and was deemed indefinitely ineligible by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
- Black is scheduled to be sentenced on April 30, with a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life behind bars.