A couple suspected of having hired prostitutes to remotely fulfill the sexual fantasies of web cam viewers has been busted in Belarus.
A Russian woman and her husband stocked up a rented apartment in Minsk with computers and web cameras, according to a statement released by the Belarussian Investigative Committee.
"The suspect was hiring girls, who for money fulfilled any sexual requests clients submitted via the Internet," the statement said.
If convicted of distributing and manufacturing pornographic materials via the Internet, the couple could face two years in prison.
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