Fraser Valley man, 72, convicted of child exploitation: B.C. RCMP

SURREY — A Fraser Valley man has been convicted of a child exploitation offence following a proactive investigation by the B.C. RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation Unit (BC ICE), according to a news release from RCMP E Division in Surrey.

On January 20, 2023, Sant Mangat of Surrey, pled guilty and was sentenced to a 15-month conditional sentence order for the offence of telecommunicating to lure a child under 16. Mangat was also sentenced to 12 months probation, and must abide by multiple conditions, including those governing his access to the Internet and children under the age of 16.

Mangat, a 72-year-old Surrey man, was arrested by BC ICE on December 15, 2021, following a proactive online investigation by BC ICE that began in March 2020.

“This conviction is a direct result of the work of our specialized ICE investigators who identified a possible online predator communicating with someone whom they believed to be a youth online,” said Cst. Katherine Bizier of BC ICE. “Our investigators work on a daily basis to identify, pursue, and disrupt offenders of these crimes targeting children.”