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Ex-FBI Agent Sentenced to 60 Years for Rapes at Maryland Tattoo Studios

The judge condemned a deceptive tattoo-for-modeling scheme that prosecutors say preyed on young women.

Overview

  • Montgomery County Circuit Judge Cheryl McCally imposed a 60-year term after a July jury conviction on six second-degree rape counts and two sex offenses.
  • Prosecutors had sought the statutory maximum of 122 years in a memo that described the crimes as carefully orchestrated.
  • Investigators say Eduardo Valdivia ran covert studios in Gaithersburg and Potomac, used aliases such as Lalo Brown, and promoted the businesses on social media.
  • Prosecutors alleged he recorded assaults to control victims and destroyed much of the video evidence when police began searching for him in 2024.
  • Victims spoke about lasting trauma at sentencing as the former agent, who has been fired from the FBI, asked the court for mercy.