South African Man Arrested in US Over Explicit Images of Children

• The Grady County Sheriff's Office received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about explicit material uploaded in Grady County
• Deputies traced the upload to a computer in the Dibble area and identified a South African national on a US work visa as the suspect
• The suspect now faces eight counts of violating the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act plus a charge of possessing child explicit material

OKLAHOMA — A South African national living in the United States on a work visa has been arrested in Oklahoma after authorities linked him to the alleged distribution of child sexual abuse material online.

The Grady County Sheriff's Office initiated the investigation after receiving a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children earlier this month. The tip flagged the uploading of explicit material involving children in Grady County, prompting deputies to trace the activity to a computer in the Dibble area.

Read also

Akilesh Gupta back in court over SAPS officer Eunice Nortman’s death at Lichtenburg Mall

Suspect identified in Dibble area

Investigators identified the suspect as Vico Dutoit, a South African citizen residing in the United States on a work visa. According to the sheriff's office, Dutoit allegedly admitted during the investigation to uploading and distributing child sexual abuse material through his Kik account.

He was subsequently arrested and now faces eight counts of violating the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act, as well as one count of possessing child sexual abuse material — bringing the total number of charges against him to nine.

Charges have not been proven in court

The allegations against Dutoit remain unproven, and the matter is expected to proceed through the Oklahoma court system. The case was initiated entirely by the cybertip mechanism, which allows technology companies and members of the public to report suspected child sexual exploitation directly to authorities.

See X post from Bianca van Wyk on the news here:

KZN man arrested in US

Read also

DA ward candidate Thulani Mbana shot dead outside Free State home

In similar news, a South African man from KwaZulu-Natal who was arrested in the United States for sharing explicit material of children pled guilty. Reports from the US Attorney General of the Northern District of New York said Meyer and was expected to be sentenced in August 2026. 45-year-old Marcell Meyer was arrested for distributing child explicit material after he was accused of sharing explicit material with an undercover US agent who was posing as a 13-year-old girl on social media.

Malmesbury teen arrested by FBI for exploitation of children

Previously, Briefly News reported that a 16-year-old boy from Malmesbury has been arrested following a cross-border investigation that allegedly connected him to "764," a violent international online network known for the sexual exploitation of children. The South African Police Service arrested the teenager on Monday, 18 August 2025, on charges related to accessing, possessing, facilitating and downloading child sexual abuse material. He was expected to appear before the Malmesbury Magistrates' Court the following day.

Source: Briefly News