Take a look at some of the youtube vids he subscribed to. Videos of scantily clad pre-teens doing things that would be absolutely boring to normal grown men who have no interest in pre-teen girls.
I wasn’t convinced from the article that the girls were under 18, but if so then I guess you’re right. It sounded like they were hyping him looking at “young” women. I mean the guy is suspected of embezzlement, espionage. But maybe he’s a pervert too.