Man indicted for soliciting teen through social media

A federal grand jury indicted Dustin Trey Miyakawa, 32, on Wednesday for soliciting, sex trafficking and sexually exploiting a 15-year-old girl. Officials believe there are more victims.

“If there are people who have information or other victims out there I highly encourage them to come forward,” said U.S. Attorney Kenji Price.

The FBI has set up an email address for the public to report information of teenage girls who were solicited or blackmailed for sex by the Honolulu man who posed as a photographer. The email address is Studio2Victims@fbi.gov, a variation of Miyakawa’s Instagram profile.

In addition to the email address, the public can call 1-800-CALL FBI.

Officials said in federal court documents that Miyakawa communicated with the 15-year-old girl using his Instagram profile Studio2 photography. He told the girl he was a professional photographer for Honolulu Magazine and offered to take pictures of her to build her modeling career.

The girl told Honolulu police that Miyakawa picked her up at her home and took her to an apartment building in Downtown Honolulu where he took pictures of her in the parking lot and then in an apartment. She said Miyakawa pressured her into posing topless and then offered her $10,000 for sex. When she refused, she said Miyakawa threatened to show the topless pictures “to everyone.”

The girl left and reported what happened to police.

Federal investigators say other underage girls have accused Miyakawa of similar conduct. They say another 15-year-old girl made a near-identical report to Honolulu police in 2015 and that Tacoma police arrested Miyakawa in 2006 for approaching minors at or near their schools and offering to pay them for their time. They said he offered an 11-year-old girl $500 and a 14-year-old girl $200.

Investigators say Miyakawa’s Instagram profile and linked website contain dozens of pictures of girls in swimsuits, lingerie and dresses and that his mother told them that she had seen her son bring young females into the apartment.

Department of Homeland Security investigators arrested Miyakawa on May 3. At his detention hearing five days later, he agreed to remain in custody without the opportunity for release on bond pending the outcome of his prosecution.