Crime: 2010s, 
Crime country:
England, United Kingdom,
LDS positions: Other leader, Stake clerk, - During crime: Other leader, Stake clerk,
- LDS mission:
unknown
- Alleged:
Multiple victims, Unknown number of victims,
- Alleged crime scenes:
Online,
Criminal case(s): Admitted guilt, Convicted, 
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09/13/12 United Kingdom
LDS Daniel Cupryna, “Assistant stake clerk and Stake Technology Specialist in Middlesbrough Ward, Billingham Stake, UK was charged with having 38,500 child abuse images.
Officers seized a computer, hard drives and three phones and found a total of 38,566 indecent still and moving images of children, showing girls aged 8 to 10”. Cupryna downloaded the images and videos from April 2004 until September 2012 when the police raided his home. He admitted to 20 charges-16 counts of making and one of possessing indecent photographs of children, and three counts of possessing prohibited images of children.”
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