Though such data requests from WhatsApp are common, it’s less common to see a government investigator actively try to move a target to the platform. They did not ask for message content, which is protected by end-to-end encryption and is impossible to retrieve from WhatsApp servers. The investigators wanted IP addresses and any account activity WhatsApp could provide. Meanwhile, the AFOSI agent had sent a request to Facebook-owned WhatsApp to preserve data related to the suspect’s account. (The suspect, Christopher De Leon Guerrero, has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.) When questioned, he said he was planning to have sex with Em, though felt she was the one pushing him in that direction. He was caught with both, after the meeting was set up, and the sting primed, investigators claimed. Age is just a number except by the law.” The agent then gave Forsei his mobile number, “in an attempt to move the conversation to WhatsApp and to collect information on Forsei’s true identity.” As the conversation continued there, Forsei expressed his desire to have sex with Em, and said he’d bring condoms and takeaway chicken to her house in Guam, according to the warrant. Investigators claimed that another user, going by the name Forsei responded to Em’s post, writing: “If you are underage it’s technically illegal of me to do so. Don’t message if you are going to me mean and tell me I’m to young.” The AFOSI agent running the persona had also given her a name, “Emmalee” or “Em,” and an age, 13. It read: “Parents are going out this weekend. The Storm_Ocean account, which remains active and was created in a joint operation between the FBI and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), made one post, the text layered over the body of a young woman, fully clothed and sat on a bed, obscuring her face with her phone. It started in November 2020 with a fake profile on Whisper, a social networking app that encourages users to share secrets anonymously.
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