Mark Black, 50, of Arlington, Virginia, United States is a former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) attorney. He is also a former president of the Arlington Aquatic Club (AAC) board.
In 1996, Black earned his bachelor’s degree in political science and government from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, USA. In 2000, he earned his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., USA.
From April 2001 to April 2013, Black was a Steptoe & Johnson LLP attorney in Washington, D.C. In April 2013, he joined the FDIC in Arlington as a legal division counsel and in October 2022, he joined the office of the agency’s general counsel as a special counsel.
Between January 2018 and October 2021, Black was a member of two online groups that locate prepubescent girls online and convince them to livestream themselves engaging in sexually explicit conduct. He and other members of the groups would secretly record the victims and share the videos with each other.
In July 2019, Black screen-recorded a prepubescent minor he induced to engage in sexually explicit conduct on a live-streaming application. That month, he and a co-conspirator groomed another prepubescent girl to engage in sexually explicit acts on a photo and video-sharing application. The co-conspirator hacked into the second victim’s live-video feed and recorded the sexual acts before sending them to Black.
On January 23, 2024, Black pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce child pornography and coercion and enticement. On April 30, 2024, he will be sentenced.
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