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Safraz Khan

Safraz Khan was convicted after the Flagler Beach sting. He received 15 months in prison, five years of probation, and lifetime registration.

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Outcome
Sentenced
Evidence
Attributed reporting
Jurisdiction
Flagler Beach, Florida
Encounter
Not established
Decoy posed as
Girl5
Case number
Not established

Personal details

Born
September 13, 1981
Occupation
Retail worker
Height
5′9″
Weight
145 lb
Hair
Black
Eyes
Brown

Charges & sentence

3 counts · 3 convicted

  1. Attempted lewd or lascivious battery

    Fla. Stat. 777.04 / 800.04(4)(a)No-contest pleaConvicted Mar 11, 2008

    Convicted1

  2. Computer solicitation and child exploitation

    Fla. Stat. 847.0135(3)No-contest pleaConvicted Mar 11, 2008

    Convicted1

  3. Transmission of harmful material to a minor

    Fla. Stat. 847.0138(2)No-contest pleaConvicted Mar 11, 2008

    Convicted1

Sentence

15 months in prison, five years of probation, and lifetime sex offender registration.

Attributed to the sources below. Consult the original record for full terms.

Case records

Hansen investigationFlagler Beach, Florida · 2007 · Sentenced
Filed
Jan 25, 2007

3 counts · 3 convicted

  1. Attempted lewd or lascivious battery

    Fla. Stat. 777.04 / 800.04(4)(a)No-contest pleaConvicted Mar 11, 2008

    Convicted1

  2. Computer solicitation and child exploitation

    Fla. Stat. 847.0135(3)No-contest pleaConvicted Mar 11, 2008

    Convicted1

  3. Transmission of harmful material to a minor

    Fla. Stat. 847.0138(2)No-contest pleaConvicted Mar 11, 2008

    Convicted1

Sentence · Mar 11, 2008

15 months in prison, five years of probation, and lifetime sex offender registration.61

  • Prison: 1.3 years61
  • Probation: 5 years61
  • Registration: Life6

Recorded release · Mar 31, 2009

Actual federal opinion records release by state officials on this date. Release subtype is not specified. Subsequent civil immigration detention is separate and does not establish current custody.1

Reviewed sting-related legal outcome. Saved3-page arrest/first-appearance packet does not establish final sentence. March11,2008 is stated conviction date. Subsequent immigration detention and deportation are not additional criminal sentence components; linked Leagle immigration opinion inaccessible. Actual federal opinion confirms conviction and sentence date; original criminal release March 31, 2009. Immigration detention began March 25, 2012, not 2011. September 7, 2016 order required a bond inquiry, contradicting a completed 2015 deportation chronology; no civil detention added to criminal sentence. BIA dismissed the waiver appeal September 8, 2016; actual removal date not established.

Sources 612

Case narrative

Biography

Safraz Khan was born in Guyana, immigrating to the United States when he was ten-years-old. At the age of sixteen, he was sexually assaulted by an older man while walking home from a library at night. He was only nine credits away from obtaining his psychology degree.

However, he had been addicted to talking to minors in online chatrooms since he was twenty, a troubling addiction that would land him in trouble that would affect him for the rest of his life.

Sting

Khan eventually arrived at the trap house after getting lost. He was met immediately by the decoy . He then became suspicious as the girl he was talking to on the phone didn't sound like the girl he had met. Fearing Khan would run, Chris Hansen emerged and invited Khan to sit at the bar. Khan immediately to apologized for what he had done, being encouraged by Hansen to admit that he had come to see an underage girl. When asked why he did it, however, Khan simply replied with a sigh and, "I don't know."

Hansen only had a short time to grill Khan individually as another predator, Yazan Asfour , pulled up and walked into the house. Asfour followed the decoy into the house worryingly quickly, but he stopped and stared in surprise as Hansen had Asfour stand next to Khan. Khan attempted to interrupt Hansen's conversation with Asfour by asking if his family would need to find out. When Hansen asked Khan why he was concerned about his family knowing what was happening, Khan responded that the incident could ruin his life. After Hansen confronted Asfour over the disturbing videos and photographs, Khan was reminded and acknowledged he had also sent photographs to the decoy, admitting that it wasn't okay to do.

Asfour became more and more distraught, while Khan kept his composure and admitted he had seen the show before. Since Asfour was still confused, Hansen named himself and revealed they had been caught in a television sting. While Asfour fumbled over his words, Khan let him know that they would probably be arrested after the confrontation. This flabbergasted Asfour, while Khan apologised again, claimed he wanted to make things right, and slowly walked out of the house to be arrested. Asfour soon joined him and they were both taken away together.

He was also worried about how the sting would affect his job.

Trivia

Hansen would again confront two predators arriving within minutes of each other in Ocean County, New Jersey when he confronted Jeremy Keister and Michael Murray came in shortly after. Khan's profile still appears on the Florida Sex Offender Registry, although it doesn't list him as deported. This is because he was transferred to a holding facility in California before being forced to leave the country. In 2024, the website was updated to specify that he had indeed been deported to Guyana.

Community-written, from the To Catch a Predator Wiki. Not independently verified, and it does not establish charges or court outcomes.

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Media

Sources

  1. 1Khan v. Whiddon, 2:13-cv-638-FtM-29MRMCourt record · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, reproduced by Justia · Published Sep 7, 2016 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Court recounts three January 25, 2007 charges, March 11, 2008 no-contest adjudication, fifteen months prison and five years probation. Later immigration detention is civil, not another criminal sentence.
  2. 2Matter of Safraz Khan, 26 I&N Dec. 797Public agency · U.S. Department of Justice, Board of Immigration Appeals · Published Sep 8, 2016 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Official decision confirms the same three March 11, 2008 Florida convictions and addresses a separate removal/visa-waiver appeal in September 2016.
  3. 345: Two Predators at the Same Time! on MegaphoneOriginal publisher · Megaphone · Published Nov 29, 2021 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Public episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
  4. 445: Two Predators at the Same Time! on SpotifyOriginal publisher · Spotify · Published Nov 29, 2021 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Public episode metadata matches the publisher RSS recording by title, release date and exact enclosure identifier. Reviewed publisher title/description names this profile as the subject of the recording.
  5. 5Safraz Khan (community wiki)Community wiki · unverified · To Catch a Predator Wiki contributors · Updated Aug 12, 2026 · Checked Oct 23, 2026Attributed community article. Revision date describes the article update, not a court or sting event. Full infobox, narrative sections, references and assets are retained in the private archive.

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