A 39-year-old man has been charged after he was caught filming a minor in a dressing room in a mall in Virginia on Monday, police say.
Around 4 p.m., officers were called to the Forever 21 in Fair Oaks Mall after a teenage girl saw a black device such with camera or cell phone pointing down from her dressing room wall. She believes photographs were being taken.
A man was then seen exiting the store headed into the mall by an employee of the store.
Officers ultimately located the man in an H&M fitting room. He has been identified as Mumtaz Rauf.
Police say he had a pinhole camera, black tape, and a battery powered Bluetooth transmitter that officers believe he was using to remotely gather video and pictures from various fitting rooms.
Fairfax County police said Thursday that they believe that Rauf filmed dozens of minors.
Detectives are now asking for the public’s help in identifying approximately 60 female victims on over 100 videos secretly recorded in fitting rooms.
Rauf was charged with unlawful filming of a minor, which is a felony due to the victim being under 18 years of age.
