• A 48-year-old Lapeer area teacher faces federal charges of sex trafficking a minor and sexual exploitation of children.
• The criminal complaint alleges he sent a 17-year-old girl 21 Cash App payments totaling up to $839 for sex and sexually explicit images and videos.
• The girl told investigators she met Gutenschwager through social media, went with him to Flint hotels, and communicated with him on Telegram; investigators said some content dated to when she was 16.
• Gutenschwager allegedly told the FBI he had paid multiple girls for sex and explicit content, and acknowledged he had not checked their IDs.

A Michigan high school teacher is facing federal charges after he allegedly paid a 17-year-old girl over $800 via Cash App for sex and nude images.

Corwin Gutenschwager, 48, is facing federal charges of sex trafficking of a minor and sexual exploitation of children.

According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Oct. 8, the FBI received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on Sept. 22 regarding suspected child exploitation or human trafficking.

In the tip, Block Inc. reported multiple peer-to-peer money transfers through Cash App from an account attributed to Gutenschwager to Cash App accounts attributed to a 17-year-old girl from Feb. 7 to April 16.

On Oct. 6, the FBI found the 17-year-old girl, who confirmed her Cash App accounts, and she met Gutenschwager through social media and met him in person on multiple occasions.

The teen told the FBI that she would meet Gutenschwager, and he would take her to a hotel in Flint. She reported that he paid her via CashApp in exchange for sex. He also allegedly paid the teen money for pornographic images and videos of herself.

The 17-year-old also said that Gutenschwager knew her age because her sister confronted him after she found out they were exchanging money for for sex. The FBI said the teen and Gutenschwager used Telegram to communicate, and he paid via Cash App.